Who Collects Cobalt-Blue Bottles? Show us!

[Harry Pristis]

Here's a little, triangular bottle:

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[cyberborikua]

I don't collect cobalt blue bottles, but picked this bottle up in a thrift store a few months ago.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Here's another:

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[Road Dog]

That olive cone is a nice one.

 

[Harry Pristis]

I know you collectors have more blue bottles than we've seen so far.

Here's another from my shelf:

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[DiggerDave in Pa.]

I know you collectors have more blue bottles than we've seen so far.

Here's another from my shelf:

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It's a little rough on top but the right color. Needs to be repaired. DD.

 

[cyberborikua]

I know you collectors have more blue bottles than we've seen so far.

Here's another from my shelf:

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It's a little rough on top but the right color. Needs to be repaired. DD.

I didn't know old bottles could be repaired. How do they do it?

 

[Harry Pristis]

No one else has a blue bottle??

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[epackage]

Seeing as I am limited in my collection Harry you have seen everything from Paterson NJ that came in cobalt Blue.....Jim

 

[Road Dog]

Pearl's White Glycerine. This stuff is for the skin. This one doesn't show up too often.

 

[Road Dog]

Here's a Gargling Oil.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Jim . . . I don't recall ever seeing a cobalt bottle from Paterson.

Nice medicine bottles, 'Road Dog'!

Here are a couple of machine-made bottles that I kept 'cause I recovered 'em. They both have valve marks on the bases.

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[DiggerDave in Pa.]

Jim . . . I don't recall ever seeing a cobalt bottle from Paterson.

Nice medicine bottles, 'Road Dog'!

Here are a couple of machine-made bottles that I kept 'cause I recovered 'em. They both have valve marks on the bases.

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My kitchen window glass. DD.

 

[Colonel Ken]

Harry,
Here are a few cobalt, mostly orientals, all dug up in Hawaii. Too bad that I can't take pictures of bottles like you do. Aloha
COL Ken

 

[Road Dog]

Got this one today.

 

[gleaner1]

Got this one today.

Nice piece, never seen one like it.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Got this one today.

Nice piece, never seen one like it.

What is the owl, 'Road Dog' -- is it a bottle??

 

[Road Dog]

More of a Jar. Maybe a Candy Container?

 

[sodetraveler]

Most of my cobalt blue bottles are unfortunately wrapped up and stored for safe keeping. Because most of my digging has been done in Hawaii, the vast majority of these bottles are small Chinese and Japanese meds and hair dyes - pretty much the same stuff COL Ken posted. I also have one of those Lactopeptine bottles, but mine is so sick it looks like milk glass!

I do have a few recent finds sitting on my desk at work - just to keep me motivated. I snapped a shot of the "cobalt cluster" with my cell phone just for fun. Nothing particularly rare here, but it gives me an excuse to push the blue bottles back to the top of the forum!

 

[Harry Pristis]

Here's another from my shelf. This Acker's English Remedy is more "cornflower blue" than some bottles we've seen here. I assume that this lighter, more-transparent blue is produced by using less cobalt in the glass batch.

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