Antique American Bottles - History Types Makers / Scarce In-Depth Book

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A TREASURY OF AMERICAN BOTTLES
by William C. Ketchum, Jr., A Rutledge Book, NY, 1975.
Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a definitive pictorial guide to antique bottles.
The author guides us through the centuries, collecting bottles as we go - from the robust eighteenth century wine and spirits bottles to the charming containers of the 1930s and 1940s when glassmaking was still and art. Covered by chapter are:  Early Glassmaking in America; How a Bottle is Made; Wine and Spirits Bottles; Figured Flasks; Decanters and Bar Bottles; Proprietary Medicine Bottles; Bitters Bottles; Beer Bottles; Mineral and Soda Water Bottles; Perfume, Scent, and Cologne Bottles; Ink Bottles and Inkwells; Food Bottles; Fruit Jars; Milk Bottles; Household Bottles; Snuff and Blackening Bottles; Drug Bottles; Poison Bottles, Barber Bottles; Candy Containers; Miscellaneous Glass; Bottle Collecting; Glossary of Glassmaking Terms, and Index.   In addition to identifying bottles, the author assists the collector with information on determining what bottles are valuable, and how to clean and display them.  If you are a novice or advanced student of bottle collecting, you will want a copy of this scarce book in your  permanent reference library.
7.7” x 10.2” softback in very good condition.  224 pages.
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