Translucent PURPLE antique DR PRICE'S FLAVORING EXTRACT bottle style BLOWN GLASS

Description

A
5 1/2" tall
rectangular-shaped
deep
PURPLE
AMETHYST
color
antique
Dr PRICE'S FLAVORING EXTRACT
bottle.  This is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand
B
lown
I
nto
M
old bottle (
BIM
) with a tooled top, dating it back to the 1800's
,
WELL over
ONE CENTURY OLD
= well over 100 years old
.
Bottle embossed
:   "
DR. PRICE'S / DELICIOUS / FLAVORING EXTRACTS
"
.
Condition
:   This bottle is in very good condition. It has some light patina and age-wear, but other than this, there isn't anything significantly wrong with it.  NO chips, cracks, dings, damage, etc.  (See photos for overall condition).
Age
:  An ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late
1800's
.
Shipping
:
FREE
domestic shipping.   We DO ship Internationally but we do NOT insure International orders unless buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance estimate.  If an international shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what YOU pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the ACTUAL shipping costs! This is important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are estimates.  We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and your prompt payment will hasten the turn-around time.
These Dr PRICE EXTRACT bottles carried everything from Vanilla Extract to Green Food Coloring to Castor oil, and they came in many different sizes and style over the years.  What really makes this bottle stand out is the color. With clear glass, you are looking THROUGH the embossing, with this purple glass you are looking AT the embossing.
The beautiful purple amethyst color of this bottle is the result of being made with manganese in the glass, a mineral that was pulverized and added to vats of liquid glass that acted as a decolorizing agent to turn the natural aqua-tinted glass into a pure crystal clear colorless glass.  Exposure to ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese oxidizes and turns a wonderful amethyst color.  This bottle has been exposed to a high heat/light source to enrich the purple color that would naturally occur if exposed to sun light for a prolonged period of time.
No matter how an antique bottle has turned purple (direct sunlight or UV rays in controlled environment) they all turn the same purple color as it is the same chemical reaction taking place.   The only difference is the time it took to turn purple.  What is important is that an item is old enough to turn purple as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1915 have manganese in them and will turn SCA.
After this, with the start of WWI, manganese was no longer available as foreign imports decreased and domestic resources turned towards the war effort.   Selenium sulphate then replaced manganese as a glass de-colorizer and when exposed to UV rays, it turns a yellow / straw color, and a dark burnt amber color.
Generally speaking NO MORE purple glass after 1915
!
Not only does this deep purple/amethyst color make it a great looking bottle, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique,
check it out!
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