Cobalt diggin's

[gleaner1]

I dug most of these. It's always nice to get the cobalt pieces.

I have added pics of my small cobalt goods, note the nice little embossed mini dose cup, this is a recent and treasured addition to my collection. Getting ready to hit the dump, swamp is starting to dry up a bit. Regards, gleaner1

[DigginThePast]

Very nice! Always been a fan of the blues (in more ways than one).

[BuckleBoy]

Man, that's some great digs!

The bottle and glass forum is really turning into something exciting these days. I'm starting to get the glass fever, and have open pontil finding dreams at night.


Bravo!

[Road Dog]

Great Cobalts. Most of my Blues are in Sodas.

[Cappy Z.]

Ditto.

[gleaner1]

I had a nice big attic quality cobalt soda, big long stretched bubbles in the neck, my art teacher gave it to me in junior high school. Once I caught my dad pounding on my bedroom window with it to make the window shut tighter. I forgot what words spewed from my mouth when I saw this. I sold it for 50 bucks (needed money) and the memory of it still haunts me. I am currently trying to track the buyer down to take pics of his collection, its outstanding.

[cuddles17981]

Nice collection of Cobalts.. I'm jealous!

[ashleen]

those are great!
I love cobalt glass

[gleaner1]

One nice day I witnessed my buddy slide a shovel right thru a nice big Stafford's master ink. I burst out laughing at him and he got so mad he turned beet red, then blue.

[Cobalt*Blue]

Great Glass you have been digging...I have to buy my fix of blue. hh blue

[gleaner1]

These are all that I have managed thru the years. I dug the big round qt (first pic) this spring. I average about one nice cobalt piece per year (not including the common Bromo's or machine made square and round inks, I wholesale these). I paid 25 beans for the nice Carbolic Acid Poison, this is an attic piece. The nice stafford master inks are quite common, we have dug about ten or so thru the years.

PS Keep an eye out for ticm's finds, he's cookin' with oil.

[Mr Ripley]

Hello folks,

Brand new member here, but not a complete stranger to bottles and detecting.

I was drawn to this thread by the beautiful cobalt display. My favorite cobalt bottle to date is pictured here, I actually stumbled upon it along a trail.

Gotta love no dig bottle finds.

Mr R

[gleaner1]

Mr. Ripley, welcome to tnet, that's a nice cobalt, show us more!

[Mr Ripley]

Thanks very much for the welcome Gleaner.

I am afraid I am a bit cobalt poor at the moment unless you want to count Noxema and Vatronol bottles...

Here are a few I just snapped pictures of. Please forgive the quality of the pics, my camera gets a bit odd when battery life dips below half.

First is a labeled Bromo Caffeine, next is a Triloids that the wife picked up at a yard sale for 75 cents (good girl!).

By the way, is that a cobalt Merchant's in your window display? I have never seen one. Very nice stuff.

Mr R

[gleaner1]

Mr. Ripley, nothing embossed "Merchant". Shown are a nice ABM gargling oil, lockport ny, three wyeths, two laxol, nothing really rare.

[Mr Ripley]

Mr. Ripley, nothing embossed "Merchant". Shown are a nice ABM gargling oil, lockport ny, three wyeths, two laxol, nothing really rare.

I think that the gargling oil bottle from Lockport held "Dr. Merchant's Gargling Oil". The company was in business into the 1920s.

http://www.lockportjournal.com/opini...yword=topstory

I have seen them in emeralds, greens and teals. A cobalt ABM may even be worth a few bucks. Looks like a keeper to me though!

Mr R

[gleaner1]

Thanks MrR, I never knew the name. I suspect those go way back to pontil, but not sure. This is a dump find, early 20th century dump, it is extra clean, no sick or chips.

[Mr Ripley]

I would bet you are right about going back to the pontil era. I have seen many more BIMAL Merchant's than ABM ones I believe.

Very nice bottle!

Mr R

[gleaner1]

Mr.R, I always wondered the origin of my embossed Keasbey. I see the Keasbey name on the label on your little bromo caffeine. Now I understand they are related. It makes sense, the Keasbey looks almost identical in shape and color to the bromo caffeine. The sapphire hue on these pieces is striking.

[Mr Ripley]

Mr.R, I always wondered the origin of my embossed Keasbey. I see the Keasbey name on the label on your little bromo caffeine. Now I understand they are related. It makes sense, the Keasbey looks almost identical in shape and color to the bromo caffeine. The sapphire hue on these pieces is striking.

Hi Gleaner,

Found this on Keasbey and Mattison. Apparently they were big in the manufacture of asbestos also.

http://www.bottlebooks.com/Wholesale...0Mattison.html

I agree, the color of these bottles is incredible. I wonder which K&M product your Keasbey embossed bottle held?

Mr R