A: During Prohibition (1920-1933), old liquor bottles were often used to hold homemade liquor. A law prohibiting the resale or reuse of used liquor bottles was passed in 1935.

Wading through a quiet stretch of river, a modern-day treasure hunter uncovers a remarkable array of antique bottles and long-lost relics. Each find—whether a turn-of-the-century medicine bottle or a ...

Most of the bottles appear to have been made in the 1800s or the early to mid-1900s, said Richard. "Some are quite unique," said Richard, "We'd like to exhibit them at some point, add them into ...

A statement online said: “The bottle cap branded ‘Rileys’ is itself also of historical interest, with the chisel shaped design having been created in 1885 by Frederic George Riley, who ...