Bottle digging and bottle collecting stories and articles

about our Collections pages  

Collections Finding Bottles Articles Links

The 'Collections' section is where we show some of the bottles and other items in our collections, and where we hope to provide a venue for guest collectors to introduce themselves and their collections. Please contact us if you would like your collection to be featured here in the future. We would welcome non-British collectors.

 

But before we move on to the bottles themselves, spare a moment for some heartbreaking tales of

Innocents led astray

Or, how we come to be here today.

follow links on the bottles

The links flasks below will take you to pages which show a variety of items from our collections, past and present. Some of these, such as the 'Recent Additions' page, will be regularly updated. Additional pages will be added from time to time.

 

 
Stoneware bottles from the late 17th to the early 20th century. Mostly British, with a few European types thrown in.
Quacks, cures, and patent medicines. Old fashioned Snake Oil from Britain and the USA.
A range of 'early glass' bottles, dating from the 17th to the early 19th centuries.
Veterinary bottles. Most of the examples here are from 19th century Lincolnshire veterinary practices.
We have added our mineral waters section here.

The Featured Bottle pages currently includes articles about two classic English antique bottles.

 

Six sealed wine bottles