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Inkspotantiques.com Great Links to Identify Antiques & Collectibles Please visit our On-line Shop . Visit us also on as inkspot-antiques . Bottle Identification Vintage Road Maps Glassware ID Links Ceramics ID Links Antique References Antiques Glossary and Definitions Search Many Sites at Once Glassware Identification Links Below are some great links we have discovered on the web that can help you identify glassware makers. When you click the link, you will leave our website. If you want to return, click the back button on your browser. American Brilliant Period Cut Glass ACG Association - Examples Anchor Hocking Glass Corp.(1937 to present, Fire-King 1940s to present) Blenko Glass Company vintage catalogs (1930 to present) Candlewick Stemware Reference Pages (Imperial pattern: 1936-1984) Carnival Glass 101 Hooked on Carnival Glass Davidson English Pressed Glass Decanters & Drinking Glasses EAPG: Corrections to Edwards Book EAPG: Early American Pattern Glass at patternglass.com EAPG- Early American Pattern Glass at the online store allantiqueglass.com Etched Crystal Patterns at Replacements.com Fenton Art Glass Co. (1905 to present) Fenton Fanatics site National Fenton Glass Society Glass Bottle Marks Glass Encyclopedia Glass identification Marks and Shapes Shotglass.org Glass Identification: Signatures & Marks Glass Marks Glass notes some manufacturer’s labels & marks Glass Lovers Database Glass Encyclopedia Glass notes manufacturers, Q to R The Glass Museum links page Heisey Glass Museum Indiana Glass: Carnival Patterns King’s Crown Collectors Weekly: Morgantown Crinkle or Seneca Driftwood National Imperial Glass Collectors Society Orrefors & Kosta PatternGlass.com Pilgrim Glass Pressed Glass and Goblets pressedglassandgoblets.com Herbert Green Collection of Sandwich glass, Skinner Auction justglassmall.com glass auction site Viking Art Glass Westmoreland Glass Information About Bottles, Jars, and Insulators Below are some great links we have discovered on the web that can help you identify marks and codes to establish the age of vintage and antique items. 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Antique bottle closures Antique bottle price list Collecting Antique fruit jars BLM/SHA Historic bottle site Collectors Weekly Bottle collecting page Bottle Typing-Shapes Page Bottle Collector’s Haven Determining Values of Bottles FruitJars.org Homepage Glass Bottle Marks Glass Factory Marks on Bottles, Pg3 MyInsulators.com Antique-bottles.net Antique Medicine Bottles Milner Article: Fruit jars, a history worth remembering Fruit Jar Primer and References More Bottle Marks - USA Wheaton bottle summary at bottlebooks.com Ink Bottles Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website Country Living: Canning Jar Collectors Guide California State Parks Type Bottle Collection Fruit Jar Collector’s Group Page on Facebook Museum of historical bottles Antique fruit jars at Hoosier Jars Glassworks Auctions Ink Bottles Determining Values of Bottles Chlorox Bleach Bottle Guide Ceramics Identification Links Below are some great links we have discovered on the web that can help you identify ceramic and porcelain manufacturers. When you click the link, you will leave our website. If you want to return, click the back button on your browser. American Art Pottery marks Beer Stein Library - Home Page International Beer Stein Collectors Blue and white.com Ceramics Glossary Miniapolis Museum Guide to Chinese Ceramics Chinese Porcelain Marks-late; Gotheburg site Chinese porcelain marks - 20th century Ming Qing Chinese Porcelain marks Chinese Porcelain, Ming,Qing porcelain pottery, marks thepotteries.org: Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co Ltd. Delft marks free e-book Delft: Porceleyne Fles Delftware identification Doulton Ceramic Marks English Registered Design or Trade Mark English Stoke-on-Trent English Porcelain, Pottery and Ceramic Trade Marks English Ceramic Trade Marks Fiesta, Fiestaware, and Homer Laughlin article in Collectors Weekly German site of International Ceramic Marks Gouda pottery Hagen-Renaker Retired at Margaret’s Haviland Online - Haviland Backmarks Japanese porcelain marks McCoy Pottery Online Old Ivory and Ohme Porcelains Piggy Banks and Famous Potteries Porcelain Mark Identification Pottery Links from GLSA Quimper Marks and signs Royal Copenhagen Marks Royal Delft - Porcelyne Fles Marks Staffordshire Pottery Trademarks Replacements, Ltd. Roseville Exchange Marks Fakes Royal Copenhagen date marks Royal Copenhagen Dating Spatterware Wade Whimsies Figurines Wade Ireland Wedgwood Datemarks Weller Pottery History from Justpottery Date References: Determining the Age of Vintage and Antique Items Determining the Age of Vintage and Antique Items Establishing the age or date of a manufactured item can sometimes be quite easy. Most often, however, you have to piece together a number of clues and make inferences. Below are some clues to look for. Of course, there are exceptions to some of these rules of thumbs, and you have to consider design elements, manufacturing materials, and use some common sense, to determine the general era of manufactured items. Of course when an item is marked by the maker’s name, you can narrow down the period that the company was in operation through internet searches. Some companies had their own system of codes for dates. Many companies changed their markings or names on specific dates. A patent or registry number can pin down a date precisely. Some cameras and lenses had serial numbers that began with letters and numbers to indicate the year and factory our country of manufacture. At the other extreme, handmade items of any period can be extremely difficult to age, so form, purpose, composition, and wear are important indicators of these items. Country of origin The McKinley Tariff act of 1890 required imported merchandise to have the country of manufacture. Prior to that, top quality "prestige" merchandise might still have the country of origin, but most often they would have the company name and or mark. An unmarked ceramic, for example, could have been imported before 1890, or American made, after 1890, or was designated with a paper label that wore off. In 1914, the tariff law was revised to require the phrase "Made in..." was required. Thus, an item labeled "France" could have been imported between 1890 and 1914, and an item marked "Made in France" was likely imported after 1914. In more recent years, the phrase "Made in" is sometimes dropped. From any period, the country of origin marking may consist of a paper label or sticker that may be removed. For all these reasons, the country of origin marking is not always reliable, so look for other clues about the age of an item to make sure they are consistent with the purported age of an item. There are certain country names that can definitely pin down a date. For example, "Nippon" was only accepted for items made in Japan until 1921. Here are some general rules: Nippon 1890 to 1921 Occupied Japan 1945 to 1952 Czecho-slovakia (with a hyphen) 1920s German US Zone 1945 to 1950 Western Germany 1950-1989 Taiwan mostly after the mid- 1970s Hong Kong mostly 1970s to 1990s German States (e.g. Bavaria) before 1914 Other markings Depose (French for registered) mostly early 1900s Bone China after 1915 Microwave safe after 1970 Ovenproof after 1935 Patent pending after 1940 Patented mostly after 1900, but earlier Bar Codes and Zip Codes If a paper product shows a zip code, it was made after 1962. The first bar code appeared on a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum in 1974. Helpful Links Below are some great links we have discovered on the web that can help you identify company marks, silver hallmark codes, and other information to establish the age of vintage and antique items. When you click the link, you will leave our website. If you want to return, click the back button on your browser. English Registered...