Glass containers held wine and spirits in Europe for centuries before demand grew dramatically in the mid-19th century. Until Michael J. Owens ... Bottle and Jar Club's 33rd annual Antique Bottles ...

Whether you bought an old coke bottle at a flea market or stumbled upon a trove of antique glass, knowing how to properly get the bottles clean is critical to preserving their charm and value.

Vintage bottles are actually collectible ... This small Hellmann's mayo jar, was made by the Owens-Illinois glass company, in Fairmont, West. Va., around 1939. The Owens company had merged ...

As Fairfax County Board Chairman Jeff McKay puts it, “Your next bottle of juice could be Fairfax County vintage ... CAP Glass sells the cullets to a glass manufacturing company, Owens-Illinois.

Mike Cavanaugh’s kayak takes him into the Great South Bay, Hewlett Bay and Reynolds Channel, but the antique glass bottles he finds there take him through bygone eras as far back as the 1800s.

Most glass bottles identified the contents inside with ... Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different ...

Owens worked behind the scene. Mike Owens felt the glass bottles produced weren't good enough or cheap enough. Beginning with a simple bicycle pump device, Owens proved glass could be blown ...

WESTFORD — Walk into an antique ... The bottle was tinted with manganese from Germany. Again, after the start of World War I, manganese was not used. Other pieces of unusually tinted glass ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Finding debris underground on a construction site isn’t uncommon, but contractors say the amount of vintage glass turning up at the site of the Atlantic Park project has been ...