Part of identifying a bottle is describing what type of top it has.
Here are examples of some of the many different tops found on antique bottles.
Any help from the experts out there in improving this new page would be appreciated.
Any interested in helping start a web page on the different types of bottle closures?
Crown Top on Amber Straight-Sided Coke |
Blob Top on SEITZ Soda |
Blob Top on BIEDENHARN (Coke) Hutch |
Rolled Lip on Pontilled Cone Ink |
Sheared Lip on Cobalt DERBY Triangular Ink |
Ground Lip on Turtle Bird Ink |
Smooth Lip on Labeled Radams Cure |
Double Screw Top on UNDERWOODS INK |
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Single Collar on ? |
Double Collar on ? |
Sloping Collar on FIELDS Charleston Soda | |
Flared Lip on pontiled THOMPSON'S EYE WATER |
Pour Lip on UNDERWOOD'S INK |
Pinched Pour Lip on CARTER'S Master Ink |
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by Digger Odell