Who's got some cobalt-blue bottles to show off? Who doesn't like cobalt blue glass!
(For those that don't know, a cobalt mineral is added to the batch to produce blue glass.)
Here are some miniatures from my shelf. Two are embossed poisons. If all my bottles were this size, I'd have many more on my shelf than I do now.
Show us your cobalt-blue glass.
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
First two are from my Paterson NJ collection, my main bottle focus. The other two came in box lots I won, a small ink and a HUGE newer bottle, I'm guessing Mexican, that's alot of cobalt glass, about 22" tall I think....Jim
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
I really like that Lomax. I grew up in Chicago, and have always thought it would be nice to have a showy Lomax soda. But, it hasn't happened yet.
Here's another from my shelf:
THE MEXICAN // HAIR RENEWER
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Well, a good example of a cobalt Lomax - pontil-scarred if possible from George Lomax in the 1850s. Got one? (I know you do!)
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
C'mon, guys and gals, where are the cobalt bottles?
Here's another from my shelf:
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Here are a couple of my favorites. The first is a 9 1/4" Billings & Clapp chemist bottle from Boston. The swirled bottle I believe was made by Emil Larsen in NJ or at least that what I was told. DD.
Here are a couple of my favorites. The first is a 9 1/4" Billings & Clapp chemist bottle from Boston. The swirled bottle I believe was made by Emil Larsen in NJ or at least that what I was told. DD.
Outstanding bottles, Dave! Show us some more.
THE NEW YORK
PHARMACAL ASSOCIATION //
THE BEST
REMEDIAL AGENT IN ALL
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS //
LACTOPEPTINE
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Here are a couple of my favorites. The first is a 9 1/4" Billings & Clapp chemist bottle from Boston. The swirled bottle I believe was made by Emil Larsen in NJ or at least that what I was told. DD.
Outstanding bottles, Dave! Show us some more.
THE NEW YORK
PHARMACAL ASSOCIATION //
THE BEST
REMEDIAL AGENT IN ALL
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS //
LACTOPEPTINE
Here's a flared lip, pontiled ink and a 1/2 pint reproduction cornucopia flask.
Here's a flared lip, pontiled ink and a 1/2 pint reproduction cornucopia flask.
I'll bet your heart fluttered for a moment when you saw that cobalt cornucopia flask!
Why do you believe the oval pontil-scarred bottle is an ink bottle? Does it have some distinctive feature?
Almost all the master inks I can recall ever seeing are round - cylinders - because that is the least-tippy form. I just browsed Covill's book. He figures the occasional 6-sided, 12-sided, tapering cylinder, square, and rectangular master inks, but not a single oval bottle.
Nice bottle, whatever it contained.
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Hey, DiggerDave (The swirled bottle I believe was made by Emil Larsen in NJ or at least that what I was told. DD.)
Please, tell us more about the beautiful swirled bottle. What was it for? Age? It's gorgeous!! (we need a drooling icon)
Tigger
Hey, DiggerDave (The swirled bottle I believe was made by Emil Larsen in NJ or at least that what I was told. DD.)
Please, tell us more about the beautiful swirled bottle. What was it for? Age? It's gorgeous!! (we need a drooling icon)
Tigger
Harry, My photo of the ink bottle is a bit deceiving. I took the photo to show the top and bottom. It is a round cone which I believe looks like an ink bottle. I'm sure it could've been used for something else though. DD.
Tigger, I bought 3 bottles about 25 years ago for $20 each. There was the cobalt one and two swirled amethyst bottles which one has applied decoration. I guess the mid 1930's on these bottles but they could be a bit newer. I think they were made to look pretty and not to be used as functional bottles. DD.
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