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Method of ManufactureThe three general types of manufactured bottles are “free-blown”, “hand-blown into mold” (abbreviated as BIM ), and “automatic bottle machine” (ABM). The great allure of free-blown or mold-blown antique bottles lies in their individual, hand-crafted qualities. No two are alike. Because of this, the most widely sought-after bottles are those that were “hand-blown” (actually mouth blown, the tools held by hand.) There are exceptions to this rule in individual bottles and even entire categories. A couple of good examples are 20th century sodas and milks, which were made almost exclusively in automatic bottle machines. In such recent categories, rarity outranks method of manufacture, and some of these bottles can command prices in the hundreds and even thousands of dollars. On the other side of the coin, very common types of hand-blown bottles dating back 100 years or more may be worth very little.
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