glass act takes a lot of bottle; we think of bottles as disposable containers but some were once prized possessions - and are again.

How am I interested in antiques and collections?
In the garbage dump of the Victorian era.
I know it\'s unlikely, but it\'s true.
I found an area in my hometown, romantically called Fol Hollow, actually a derivative of Foul Hollow, because more than a century ago, residents dumped all the rubbish there.
As a young journalist in a local newspaper, I was surprised to see clay pipes, pot covers, ginger beer bottles and other collectibles unearthed from cart loads.
Until then, I thought everything in the 19 th century was in the museum.
When the dump was discovered
Grade silica sand was found below it.
The bulldozers moved in, and the droves of bottling machines also moved in, and a few minutes after joining them, my garden fork stuck gold: an embossed glass bottle, strangely with one around the neck
This is in pre-
Google times, but a small study at the City reference library showed that in early 1800, carbonated beverage manufacturers had problems preventing gas leaks in their products.
In 1814, in the patent application of the bottle
Filling machine, one william Hamilton drew a bottle with a pointed bottom, forcing it to lie on the side of the bottle for storage.
This ensures that the Cork remains moist and does not shrink, allowing the gas to escape.
Until 1875, when Hiram Codd obtained the patent for marble plugs, this is still a common method of bottling inflatable mineral water.
Marble is trapped in the neck of the bottle, and when the bottle is full, the gas forces the marble up and presses it on the rubber gasket of the lip with force.
It works very well, in fact, when opening the bottle, a sharp rap needs to be issued at the top of the bottle to remove it.
Obviously, this could be the way the phrase \"a bunch of passwords\" is created.
Soon our house was full of things.
We stress to collect only the names of those beverage companies from our hometown who were soon joined by other \"Discotheques\" such as clay pipes, pot covers, cobalt blue glass poison bottles
They have ridges and \"pimples\" in their designs so that they can be identified by people with impaired vision
There are also jars that once contained ointment that heal everything, from the burdock to sciatica.
This is a similar story for 70 yearsyear-
Old Marty Newman, except for the sweat and hard work she did not pay to dig the treasure.
She found them while diving off the southern coast of Florida.
We will go home when you read this, but we met Marty at the annual exhibition and the desktop auction run by Suncoast antique bottlers association.
Not only is she one of the oldest members, she also shows the glass that is linked to the earliest glass in American history.
She explained that her first discovery was an antique soda bottle (pop tous Brits)
Covered with rattan pots
Like us, it\'s enough for her to start on the road of collection, but now is the time to scale down.
One of her award-winning works was an early flasks first made by Henry William Stiger on his glass work in Pennsylvania, which he founded in 1763.
It is made of clear glass and is decorated with charming handmade gold-plated decoration and etching.
Her role model for the 19 th century may be my $50. PS33)
Although it will never have a suitcase home.
In fact, I prefer the black gold flask decorated with the portrait of opera singer Jenny Lind. 1820-1887).
Probably in honor of her year.
1850 US long distance tour organized by circusentrepreneur PT. Barnum. Price: $125 (PS82).
Exhibitor Dave Theiben is a Florida guy but he performs during his holidays.
His oldest exhibit is a German black glass bottle with a snap pontil in it.
This is a rough scar and the object is broken from the glass stick that made it.
Pontil mark is important for dating collectors.
Itspresence indicates that a work is blown by bare hands, and its absence means that it has been ground, leaving a smooth dimples, or that the work is a mold
Blow, so later.
Dave priced the bottle at $200 (PS132)
But I think he\'s 1950 and 7-
Take the paper hat of the soda asshole.
He bought some of them at a workplace and sold them for $5 (PS3. 30)a time. CAPTION(S)
Dave Theiben and his early German freedom
Marty Newman showed off her Steigel-