The table shows some examples of the kinds of antique and vintage soda siphons that collectors seek. However, collectible soda siphons originate in several countries worldwide.Vintage glass seltzer bottles from Europe largely predate World War II.But the city of Alton realized the thriving company was an asset to its own economy, and offered it a site near the river and a railroad right-of-way.Smith and Levis accepted and the business moved to its new home in 1875.In the next thirty years the company's sales grew 36 times over, and the number of employees grew from 60 to 3200. When William Eliot Smith died in 1909, control of the business passed to the five remaining Levis sons.Bill Lindsey discusses antique bottles, including mouth blown bottles, bitters, figurals, inks, medicines, flasks, and many other varieties.They considered moving across the Mississippi to St.Louis, where it would be easier to acquire raw materials and ship their finished products.

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By 1974 more than one and a half million had been produced.

In 1975 the responsibility for producing the bottles fell to the Wheaton Village Historical Association at which time they began to limit the numbers of each item produced.

Belladonna is use for colic pains in the gastrointestinal tract and bile ducts.

In folk medicine, it has been used for asthma, bronchitis, and muscular pain. This bottle was crafted by Owen Illinois Company founded in 1903 as Owens Bottle Company.