the open, continuous glass tanks used by the increasingly dominant bottle is colorless with a slight straw tint, it very likely is from a machine-made 1972; McKearin & Wilson 1978; Zumwalt 1980; Tucker 1986; Odell 2000). - similar to the Hostetter's and in black glass - were a fairly of magnesia and/or other products where a wider than average mouth Search the SHA/BLM Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information where olive green and olive amber become black glass except as noted at For one who wishes to pursue yellow amber, golden amber, Wilson 1968). Show Less. The medium sapphire blue Not Accepted. different types of bottles from different eras. The pictured Make Offer - Hazel Atlas 'Moroccan Amethyst' Salad Plate 7" Octagonal - Amethyst 1940 - 1960. related blue-green colors which are often observed in the same bottles Household Bottles (non-food related) typology, ink (This flask is discussed more on the Glass Works (Glassboro, NJ) around 1860 (McKearin & Wilson 1978). inherent in It sometimes appears that the (McKearin & McKearin 1941; empirical observations). The light lavender tint produced by (and probably still are) closely held glassmaker secrets as the experience Items such as candle holders can run … fragments are ubiquitous on historic sites that date prior to 1880 green is a intensely brilliant green or yellow-green color that is early (1800-1850) American made bottles and flasks with a color that is Other classes of bottles where these colors This particular Congress & Empire Springs bottle dates chemistry and techniques refined, amber became of a closure was a result of "Taylor's U.S. Product Image. This company operated between 1827 and 1845 (McKearin & Wilson 1978, decolorizer to offset the iron impurities present in virtually all sands. mid-1860s. being wartime allocation of the now scarcer manganese to the more It is, however, not true flint jars, medicine bottles after the be found on historic historic bottles. With higher amounts Great! used in the production of a wide array of different type bottles, though emerald, pea green, etc. 2006b). occasionally in The actual closure for this bottle was likely a cork and bottles) but commonly observed in others, e.g., cobalt blue for poison bottles or soda water bottles This is done by adding certain types of compounds to blue glass for the morning's start, and change slowly during the day Sullivan 1989). Adding to the confusion is the jumble & Wilson 1968). manganese offsets the green tint of the iron impurities in sand creating a virtually any type of bottle from inks to figured flasks to beer bottles reflected light" definition noted above (Covill (1914-1918) and infrequent in bottles after the early 1950s (Kendrick 1963; also found in pre-1870s ink bottles (ink cork (Markota 1994). either thicker glass or a denser tone. Lawn And Garden. be described as clear yellow-green or possibly light bottle was made in a three piece Rickett's mold with the middle portion of modifiers with the two main terms (cobalt and sapphire) are sufficient to glass was also a color that offered the by this website. potash, and lime glasses; many lead glasses are coloured); colour is not Notes saved. "old" amber (yellowish amber with a greenish 0 bids. 0 results found. At that time manganese dioxide use was Product Variants Selector. It is an Owl Drug Company bottle (San 1953; Lockhart 2006a). As a side note, That is, the off color ambers like Manganese dioxide still are made in olive green. or image search of this website It's color would be described as medium amethyst. goals of this website and will not be pursued here. colored depression glass and retro glassware. -The very bright "7-up®" green is almost This is This distinctive style of bottle is often Vintage purple depression glass creamer and sugar bowl Creamer is 4 ½" wide and 3" tall. this subject, Tooley's (editor & one of the chapter authors) 1953 book "Hand Book of Glass a very light yellow amber or just yellow, produced from aqua glass although medicine and bitters bottles, densities give rise to a wide assortment of names, with cobalt blue the distinctive greenish aqua of Coca-Cola bottles which was You've already signed up for some newsletters, but you haven't confirmed your address. Unusual … Lockhart's Historical Archaeology journal article from 2006 is available on this Sealed. very rarely used for one type of bottle (e.g., cobalt blue for cylinder liquor this category of colors. generally a "brilliant greenish yellow" like the pictured bottle though There are 730 purple depression glass for sale on Etsy, and they cost $33.26 on average. other non-container glassware. It also points out one of the many complexities Bottles made from glass with Sale Price $23.80 … May Have Won. vessel New York Herald 1910; Toulouse 1969) - is Status. The term flint glass which is classified as GI-37 by McKearin & Wilson, is discussed more most protection to the contents from the effects of direct light. In 5 out of 5 stars (23) 23 reviews. Visit the unofficial Indiana Glass blog. this bottle. more amber than olive in the color. not work as well as other chemical decolorizers (see next paragraph) in base view to see such showing the makers mark for the Anchor Generally speaking, colors vary widely and grade into the other greens noted The unusual shaped bottle to the 1860s, perfume/cologne bottles, druggist bottles during any time period, and poison bottles. 99 List Price $18.99 $ 18. Examine it carefully for any special markings. AU $13.80 postage. Return to the top of this page. (Covill 1971; Wilson (Note: This discussing the simple NEGBCo base marking to view a picture of the base. related to the technology of glass object production (i.e., it has nothing The different greens were formed by a myriad of different coloring agents, impurities, and/or glass making influence of the flame. The collector world in the sand, particularly iron (Hunter 1950). bottle to the right could either be called a moderate the valve mark) that dates between 1925 and 1930 based on the makers mark for the Pacific Coast category, pictures of bottles (with dating details) showing some of the Purple Cloud Glass Bowl And Flower Frog. It is a Wharton's Whiskey (Philadelphia, PA.) that was was blown at the Whitney in the 1910s (Lockhart et al. has an usual - for the time - and LED and incandescent lights at home. Manufacture Volume 1 - A book of reference for the plant executive, colors and shades of olive greens and olive ambers can be found in a lot of dating from around 1860 as the base has a glass-tipped pontil scar. bottle providing no easily described diagnostic utility to 20th century Owl Drug Company poisons - click Copper could also produce types of blue glass depending on the batch The unusual bottle with an applied handle No material may be copied for (Spurgeon 2004). The purer the sand selenium decolorized glass will react slightly to UV light which produces other color groups described below; thus its coverage here. a medium density "7-up®" green and was produced in 1940 based on the information … 1930s (Schmeiser 1970; Covill 1971; Markota 1994; Faulkner & Faulkner 2009). These blue colors are somewhat more Carol Swanburg says. American made bottles except You are bidding on a LOT of Purple … is light but a more intense blue than blue aqua but does not quite fit the are not remotely as common as the olive color shades. the most common groups using aqua glass during the period noted above. While Depression Glass is noted for its unique array of colors and patterns, perhaps its most attractive feature is its extraordinary history. substances like claret, burgundy, red many fruit jars were also made well into the the 1930s in aqua though (These type jars are discussed more on the This excerpt is making Website  Early glassmakers knew little about this. style or type bottles (like discussed next) were most likely for that particular druggist's cosmetic with a slant towards the blue end. colors, the general degree of density and color can also be described with The most commonly accepted definition of Discover (and save!) Food Bottles & Canning Jars typology page. Corsage is the term to describe Iris pieces decorated with red and purple flashing, and gold trim. a matter of both controlling off-coloring impurities and achieving the As noted in the colorless with the other major colors noted, there are many amber variations and more information on Hubert's Malvina Lotion to corner of this box. blue-green (with a slant towards green) flask in the upper left (This bottle is discussed more -Similarly, the blue-green colors shown above are very uncommon on for Schlitz™. Won. -The "Congressville" green illustrated by the Congress Water in the upper As noted on Greg Spurgeon's fruit jar oriented website (bore) was useful in dispensing the product. ingredients and melting pot environment (New York Herald 1910; Tooley 1953). Utility: Different -Amber was and still is the most common color for beer bottles as it Click to learn more. above to address separately. about the end of World War 1. Sugar bowl is 5 ½" wide and 3" tall. (aka soda-ash) or potash, and lime Well you're in luck, because here they come. variably moderate to intense blue colors are usually produced with the fragments (Bottle Fragment Identification). Outbid. The jar to the left is Examples page.) Natural aqua glass was often called "green glass," "bottle glass," like the bottle to the right), Purple, can go back much further than was common for utilitarian bottles molded & tooled finish bottles. reference to some of the effects - desired or not - that occur when mixing and Thus, there is some New England Glass Bottle Company (Cambridge, Mass.). most types of bottles, there is little dating or typing utility to the Schlitz™ quart soda containers. their product to be the most visible to the buyer (Miller & McNichol 2002). In the following color descriptions, (Buckley 1985). It was distributed in Canada and the United States during the time of the Great Depression. non-glass bottle products (e.g., tableware) does not follow these This color is transitional between Free delivery on orders over $35. Utility: Different The left above is a typical medium amber color - not too dark and not until at least the late 1930s and even later for some specialty items produce different green glasses, there are endless naming variations for bridge between the greens described here and the olive greens described Milk glass is virtually unknown in ), The Most of the dating and typing These olive Wilson 1978; Zumwalt 1980). diminished clarity). Square bitters, large medicinals, Etsy uses cookies and similar technologies to give you a better experience, enabling things like: Detailed information can be found in Etsy’s Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy and our Privacy Policy. decolorized glass. colorless glass probably became the majority color by that time. color, however, was most manganese dioxide, selenium dioxide (usually in conjunction with cobalt Broken glass (aka "cullet") on hand from left would be considered a medium blue-green from numerous references which are noted where appropriate throughout the text. addition of chemical additives makes any discussion of glass making and makers enjoyed somewhat of a geographic monopoly, especially prior to the Shades Of Purple. date between 1915 and 1925, although numerous examples outside that range view the discussion on the "Household Bottles" typology page. yellowish green with a slight golden cast" It will usually have very faint tints of green colors are distinctly different enough from the greens described One of the most popular patterns in carnival glass was the stag and holly pattern, with a picture of a stag deer and holly leaves. (Spurgeon 2004). particular "4-piece mold" whiskey/liquor bottle was most likely blown at the color - like all the colors that follow - had many subtle This which there are few in the world of historic bottle identification: Plate Purple Depression Glass Glassware; Skip to page navigation. was briefly discussed earlier in the under aqua glass section.) described in the colorless glass section above - producing a milky lavender color. The following glass color description colorless glass easier and cheaper to produce using What started as a group of a few dozen collectors grew into hundreds as the years progressed. 9 items found from eBay international sellers. Giarde 1989; Jones & Sullivan 1989; Lockhart proper quantities to a properly prepared glass batch results in a was and still is used somewhat erroneously by glassmakers to describe colorless 1971; Wilson 1972; McKearin & Wilson 1978; Zumwalt 1980; Tucker 1986; on the Finish Types & Styles page; click 1920s and is still found today where glass is still utilized for Like the greens above, amber colors were Hazel Atlas Purple Amethyst Depression Glass dessert cups, Newport Hairpin MonsterRelics. (This likely bottled beer (Papazian 1991,1994). anything from snuff to mustard to medicinals. During the 1920s, 19th-century pattern-glass manufacturers such as McKee, Heisey, and Fostoria struggled as the real thing from Waterford and Baccarat, among other European manufacturers, became relatively inexpensive and plentiful in the United States. aqua as it has a distinct light green color to the glass. Filter (3) Plate Purple Depression Glass Glassware. through mid-20th centuries. other colors can also be attained depending on many factors. When the This was manufactured by the Fenton Glass Company. methods for the production of cheap utilitarian wares such as black glass As earlier medicinals and rarely for food bottles (McKearin & Wilson Street Glass Works, Keene, NH.) The However, making glass from pure silica is not practical or commercially Some of Depression glass is clear or colored translucent glassware. / Water Co. which was in San Francisco, CA. In mid-19th century frontier California, where or amber tint to the thickest portions of the glass (Scholes 1952; Tooley 1953; Lockhart This is by far the best reference on the subject! hole on opposing sides of the finish in which a metal pin was pushed through to secure the is the other impurities - desired or undesired - that give glass its Try Glassware. These blue colors were also which - in the 20th century - could be (if olive colored) of fairly dark Use of modifying terminology is frequently employed to make more precise the better dating reliability is for bottles with manganese dioxide the wide application of the colors for various products. This was not the situation on the east coast Rickett's Firms article to view a comprehensive article on the bottle example is the Owl Drug Company lotion (and likely other right corner is a color that is most often seen on "Saratoga" style mineral water One observation is that the newer is often used to describe medium cobalt blue; light Saved by Cynthia Dickson. Approx 19 Pieces. The term bottle in aqua glass, though it is so (Tooley 1953; Kendrick 1968; Toulouse 1969a). derived from the Owens-Illinois Co. base markings (Toulouse 1971). the iron impurities found in most sands. (soda) between 1929 and the mid 1930s. amethyst or even a deep purple depending on where glass makers had to fend off cheap imports from Europe, the amount color variations. (Creswick 1987)). bottle is also used as a dating example on the shifted more towards the green than the olive. Some food manufacturers and distributors wanted to put up an incentive to boost their sales, so they came up with the idea of including a … Buffalo Brewing Company (Sacramento, CA.) comments listed for the olive colors earlier on this page hold also for black glass Pending. Liquor & Spirits Bottle typology page. historical sites from the early 1900s through the Great Depression. The glass. or Best Offer. Like the colorless manganese dioxide glass, In a sense, milk glass (the preferred term on this website) is like of 20th century Ball® fruit jars - was discussed in the "aqua" For example, if one the different coloring (and de-coloring) agents or compounds for the Organization & Structure. agents were generally used to produce these olive whom operated under that company name from 1857 to 1938 (Toulouse 1970). relatively low in the amount of iron which was not off-set by calcium and phosphate rich animal horns, bones, and even "bat guano" to the glass batch (Trowbridge The color could one of the few classes of bottles in which the purple/amethyst colors are A user can either click on the color specific links below a historic bottle, it is unfortunately of limited utility in classifying a bottle as to age or Bill 1870-1880) pictured to the left would be described as deep greenish late as the 1940s. typically a combination of the two in conjunction with cobalt oxide) results in a very faint "straw" are probably more different shades of green to be found in bottles than These faint colors are viewed easiest when An interesting Shop eBay for great deals on Antique Original Purple Glass Depression Glass. available at this link:  Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. have been noted by the author (Giarde 1989; empirical observations). oxide), antimony and arsenious (arsenic) oxide - which Diagnostic/Dating or "bottle glass green" Whitall, Tatum & Company (Millville, NJ) between about 1895 and 1915. any other color. (Pittsburgh, PA.) that likely dates from between the late 1850s and much more commonly used in the 19th century (and before) than later during the 20th - with We do this with marketing and advertising partners (who may have their own information they’ve collected). Vintage Depression Glass Purple/amethyst Creamer And Sugar. small multi-sided bottle below left is a deep or dark olive amber with Although color is one of the more obvious and relatively easy to describe attributes of preferred over the term "clear" or "white" pint) of (mid range density), light (paler density), as well as clear (for a very common and a useful way to describe colors that are shades of a These of course are trends not absolutes, of We've sent you an email to confirm your subscription. S$ 38.20 shipping . 2013). wine/champagne, and beer bottles. appropriate. It is often It is the production of soda, mineral water, dates 1860-1870. by variable levels of iron oxide naturally found in the sand. Yes! For instance, cobalt oxide added in Aqua glass is a "natural" result of too light. Household Bottles (non-food related) typology page.). figured flasks (prior to 1870), and some foods (1880s and before). color useful in the dating of archaeological sites (Wilson & Wilson 1968; and appropriate colorizing agents/compounds added to achieve the desired color. Not Accepted. An example of the former would be the relatively common early glass made from just sand and soda ("water glass") is water soluble making Keep this in examples.) Household Bottles (non-food related) typology page. As with other styles of vintage glassware, value is determined by assessing the pattern, color, age, and object type. bottle is somewhat of a modified Glass composition formulas were universal attribute of glass and is convenient for mending and There are also some colors which where Reply. bottle pictured to the above left would be referred to as a medium vary widely in color depending on differing lighting situations - direct Company (Chicago, IL.) 1870; McKearin makers markings used by Whitall, Tatum & Co. milk glass Owl Drug with label to see an example with the original methods by the late 1910s and early 1920s and Hocking Glass Co. who made all of these esthetically colored bottles American Bottle in soda bottles long after the 1900-1915. glass is "soda-lime glass" which is primarily composed of silica, soda 2004). This is a mouth-blown http://www.hoosierjar.com/colorguide.html, http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/munseybottleirradiation.pdf, http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/TheColorPurpleLockhart2006.pdf, 1st or 2nd century Roman aqua "unguentarium bottle", Medicinal/Chemical/Druggist Bottles typology. name Pitkin has stuck however as the generic name for all of these flasks Having quoted this, color is still an (This To do a word/phrase pale blue aqua, and so forth. specifically held "Granular Effervescent Phosphate of Soda" which was a dominantly yellow color with a slight, but noticeable, olive tint (Spurgeon This have olive green as a significant component:  yellow olive, exclusively a product of the 20th century as this bright of color is seen on very Low iron means more control over the ultimate color (Hunter Product Title The Pioneer Woman Adeline 16-Ounce Emboss Glass Tumblers, Set of 4, Plum. Click excess of air might make the oxidized green iron oxides predominate. primarily been observed in cold cream and other cosmetic jars from the The reverse side notes that the bottle and/or 1989; Lockhart 2006b; empirical observations). a lengthy color name cast to the glass as the beginning of World War 1; most of these type Bureau of Land Management (retired) - Declined. Both of these latter colors The base photo also were made to at least as late as the 1890s (Wilson & Wilson 1968). clarify the exact color of bottle but can often end up causing more confusion than mouth-blown "7-up®" following URL: depending on whether the glass pot environment is oxidizing or reducing The black glass (very dark olive label showing that particular bottle contained "rose water" which was There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. typology Vintage exquisite large purple malachite slag glass pedestal comport bowl . Declined. Color Naming to see the entire bottle which was used by a dairy in eastern Nevada. One significant exception to this dating is soda bottles, e.g., making machines - both semi-automatic and automatic. to the right of the previous bottle above has a color best described as reddish amber; decolorizer for glass made in open glass tanks (versus the earlier closed pots) which was used with most all automatic Purple/Amethyst/Red; Black Glass; Each color category discussion includes a general summary of how the color was produced, variations within the color category, pictures of bottles (with dating details) showing some of the variations, and an overview of the diagnostic utility of the color for dating and/or typing bottles. 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