Victorian “Tear Catchers” Story a Myth, But the Bottles Are Highly Collectible
WorthPoint
JUNE 27, 2025
I can’t remember a time when something in the antiques and collectibles world disappointed me more than that news. She said she and the twenty colleagues and journalists she has consulted with have never found any historical source that says throwaway bottles functioned as tear catchers or had any other sentimental purpose.
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