subject: Gathering Small Glass Containers [print this page] Glass Bottles will always be an interesting item to gather for this glass bottles are cute, colorful, and have historical value. Oftentimes, collectors will have some collection of miniatures on the side. Miniature bottles is more easier to display than a large collection of regular size bottles, even though there is a wide choices of colors and shape in the collection. Red, green, blue, and brown are the dominant colors for bottles which sometime held alcoholic drinks also bottles come in oyster color or purple. Transparent bottles are the most easiest to find but there are collectors want the uniqueness of shape additional to those colored bottle.
Jim Beam, Martell, and other companies produce small sample sized bottles filled with drinks which are fitting for informal parties or dinners. And once they are empty you can rinsed it out and add to be part of your collection. A package of these sample bottles can be bought, miniature bottles in a small sample version like the larger bottles are easy to find..
Empty bottles with cork stoppers can also be found at flea markets and antique shops, in numerous shapes and colors. Some common miniature bottles of this type are: a blue fish, a green liberty bell shape, a yellow horseshoe, a brown barrel, purple horseshoe, and a pink diamond cut shape on the front.
Similar to any other collectible items, replicas were also created, and making it economical for collectors who chose miniature bottles than full scale bottles. Likewise presidents are appearing on miniature bottles, such as Andrew Jackson, Ben Franklin, James Madison, or Zachary Taylor.
Some miniature bottle collectors prefer to collect old medicine bottles, which were usually a deep cobalt blue in color. Lovers of blue glass appreciate these types of bottles, which have been displayed many a time on window ledges so the sun would shine on them. For example, a BromoSelzerbottle or lotion bottles mixed in with red and clear bottles that also once carried medicines from the early twentieth century can make an interesting Small Glass Container collection for those not familiar with these glass antiques. Miniature bottle always look nice in any room of the house, whether it is a dining room, the bedroom, or on a bathroom shelf.
