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' Often beginners have a difficult time distinguishing between old and new bottles especially when is comes to modern reproductions.One can find quite a bit of information on my web site and across the Internet about dating bottles based on whether the mold seam goes up and over the lip or if the bottle has a 'pontil' on the base.-The glass is clear (colorless) with just the slightest "straw" tint when looking through the thick portion of the base.

(Specifics on what a pontil looks like or how to tell the age based on the mold seam can be found in Bottle Basics.) While these two characteristics are often a strong clue to age, readers will be further helped by developing an understanding how the various categories of bottles changed over time.The following charts and pictures on the dating bottles pages listed below should help.This page provides some examples of how to use the website (primarily the Bottle Dating pages) to determine the approximate date or date range for various types of bottles made between the early 1800s and the mid-20th century.This, and no mould seams, is another indication of a handblown bottle.A pontil rod held the nearly molten bottle during the final stages of manufacture.