Amber glass bottles come in many sizes because the dark amber glass protects the contents from degradation by light. There are many kinds of fluids that need to be protected from light, including wine, beer, perfume and essential oils. Therefore an amber glass bottle may be either large or small, large for potables, and small for expensive liquids. Patent medicines and their children, over the counter medicines may also be packaged in amber glass bottles. As the changeover to plastic bottles occurs, these glass bottles may become somewhat valuable, depending on how many people save theirs.

Amber glass is also used to create hand-crafted perfume bottles. These little beauties, along with antique glass perfume bottles of any design, would grace any woman's or glass fan's dresser top. The sunny yellow brightens everyone’s day, and the bottle need not even be used. As a matter of fact, artistic glass items should not be used purely for the prevention of breakage. There is not any chemical or health reason not to use them, just the chance of breaking the item while in use or during clean-up.

For those who do not want anything they cannot use, if you have amber bottles, you need to take up brewing your own beer. That would be the easiest thing to do with amber bottles. Or you can get a glass cutter and make vases and drinking glasses out of amber wine bottles, of which we have many. Make an amber wind chime of rings cut from an amber wine bottle.

Collectors of amber glass have many possibilities, and some of them are basic storage solutions of the present and past: amber glass bottles. Some eras of these bottles are rare because everyone threw them out, and some because economic factors lead to extensive recycling. A little research should tell you whether what you have is common or not.

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