Bottle Identification App – Scan, Value & Collect Old Bottles

Bottle Collector is a bottle identification app for old, antique and collectible bottles. Take a photo to identify a bottle, research its maker, age and history, estimate its value and save it to your collection.

Use it for antique bottles, ginger beers, stoneware, soft drink bottles, brewery bottles, milk bottles and other collectible glassware. Whether you have found an old bottle, bought one at a market or already have a large collection, the app helps you research and organise what you have.

Identify Old and Antique Bottles

Not sure what bottle you have? Take photos of the bottle and any visible embossing, writing, labels or markings. The app analyses the available information to help identify the bottle and provide useful details about it.

Bottle identification may include information such as:

• Bottle name
• Maker or company
• Approximate age or year
• Region or origin
• Bottle category
• Contents or original use
• Top or closure type
• Decoration or label type

You can review and edit the identification before saving it to your collection.

Research a Bottle’s History

Finding out who made an old bottle and what it was used for is part of the fun of bottle collecting. Bottle Collector can research the available information about an identified bottle to help you learn more about its history.

Historical information can include the maker or company, location, approximate production period, original contents and other details relevant to the bottle.

This can be particularly useful when a bottle has embossed wording, a company name, advertising, an unusual shape or other identifying features.

Estimate the Value of Old Bottles

Once a bottle has been identified, the app can help research its potential value. Bottle values can vary considerably depending on age, rarity, maker, condition, colour, demand and the exact bottle variation.

Bottle Collector uses relevant marketplace information where available to help provide an estimated value. You can also view relevant listings and use them as part of your own research.

Valuations should be treated as estimates rather than guaranteed sale prices, but they can provide a useful starting point when researching an unfamiliar bottle or reviewing your collection.

Scan Bottles and Build Your Collection

After identifying and researching a bottle, save it directly to your collection. This means you don’t need a separate identification tool, valuation tool and spreadsheet to keep track of your bottles.

Store useful information including:

• Bottle name
• Maker or company
• Year or age
• Category
• Region
• Colour
• Size
• Condition
• Estimated value
• Historical information
• Personal notes
• Bottle photos

Search and filter your saved bottles whenever you need to find something in your collection.

Useful for Different Types of Bottle Collectors

The app can be used to identify and catalogue many types of collectible bottles and containers, including:

• Antique glass bottles
• Ginger beer bottles
• Stoneware bottles
• Milk and dairy bottles
• Soft drink bottles
• Brewery and beer bottles
• Advertising bottles
• Embossed bottles
• Vintage glassware
• Other collectible bottles

If a bottle has readable embossing or markings, include clear photos of those details to provide more information for identification.

Keep Track of Your Bottle Collection

Bottle Collector isn’t only for identifying individual bottles. Once bottles have been saved, the app becomes a catalogue of your collection that you can carry with you.

This is useful when visiting markets, antique shops, auctions and collector events because you can check what you already own without relying on memory or maintaining a separate spreadsheet.

Collection Statistics and Values

See an overview of your collection and how it develops over time. Collection statistics help you keep track of your bottles, categories and estimated collection value.

You can view information such as:

• Total bottles
• Estimated collection value
• Bottle categories
• Collection breakdowns
• Saved bottle information

Share Interesting Bottles

Found something unusual? Bottle Collector lets you create shareable information from bottles in your collection.

Share bottle photos and collection details with other collectors, friends, social media groups or collecting communities when you want another opinion or simply want to show an interesting find.

Why Use a Bottle Identification App?

Identifying an old bottle can involve searching for embossed names, manufacturers, bottle shapes, locations and historical records. When you have several bottles to research, this can take considerable time.

A bottle identification app gives you a starting point from the bottle itself. Photograph the bottle, review the identification and research, then keep the result with the bottle in your digital collection.

It is particularly useful when you discover bottles while digging, clearing an old property, visiting markets or sorting through an existing collection and don’t immediately recognise what you have found.

Tips for Identifying an Old Bottle

For the best identification, photograph the entire bottle in good light and include additional photos of features that could help identify it.

• Photograph embossed names and lettering clearly
• Include labels or remaining advertising
• Photograph the base if it contains markings
• Include the bottle top or closure
• Use a clear background where possible
• Check the identification before saving

Small details can distinguish one bottle from another and may also affect its age, history and potential value.

Built for Bottle Collectors

Bottle Collector is designed to make identifying, researching and cataloguing bottles practical on a phone. You can use it at home with an established collection or while looking at bottles at markets, auctions and other locations.

Instead of keeping identification notes, photos, values and collection records in different places, you can keep the information together with the bottle in your collection.

Download the Bottle Identification App

Use Bottle Collector to identify old bottles, research their history, estimate their value and organise your collection from your phone.

Start Identifying Your Bottles

Whether you collect ginger beers, stoneware, milk bottles, brewery bottles, soft drink bottles or vintage glassware, start by photographing a bottle you want to know more about.

Identify it, explore its history and potential value, then save the information to your collection for future reference.