WESTERN antique OYSTER shooter CLAM tea concentrate BOTTLE w/ pic FOX amethyst

Description

A
3 3/4 inch tall
cylinder-shaped
deep PURPLE AMETHYST colored
antique
OYSTER or CLAM concentrate
MINIATURE bottle. This is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand
B
lown
I
nto
M
old bottle (
BIM
) with a tooled top, dating it all the way back to the 1800's.
Bottle embossed
:  "
FOX / TRADE MARK
" with an
embossed picture of a little fox
jumping over the letter '
F
' in 'FOX'
.
Condition
: This bottle is in overall good condition.  It has some spotty stain and age wear but NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc
.   Please see pictures for overall appearance of the 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
.
What a unique looking miniature antique bottle with the embossed picture of a  jumping fox!
This was the product of a soda water bottler in SEATTLE WASHINGTON, J.G. Fox, thus the little 'Fox' trademark
.
Our introduction to these little Fox bottles was when an old saloon building in a small NW Montana town was being razed nearly 50 years ago.  When the project was completed a dozer scraped the dirt off of the lot and in a corner of the lot, a small pile of these were uncovered, mostly broken in the process, amidst piles of broken liquor bottles, flasks, shot glasses, barware, etc.   An old timer on the scene recognized the little bottles, he called them 'Oyster Shooters', and told me that back in the day they were sold in saloons where one would be emptied into a pitcher of beer.
They contained an oyster or clam concentrate which flavored and 'beefed' up the beer.  Must of been where that saying originated, "beer is no longer just for breakfast anymore!"  Today you hear of 'red' beer, where a can of tomato juice is dumped into a pitcher of beer, well back then it was similar, a clam or oyster beer, thanks to these little Fox concentrates.
The amethyst color of this little bottle resulted from it being subjected to ultra violet rays, which causes a chemical reaction and the manganese (a mineral) in the glass oxidizes and turns a lavender color.  Much like copper turns green over time?   Manganese turns purple.
With few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1914 will turn this amethyst color so not only does this AMETHYST color make it a great looking bottle but also authenticates it
as being truly antique,
check it out!
Terms of Sale
:   Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction. We put our 30+ years of experience in antiques to use in describing every item we list. Items are sold in a store front format and your purchase is a binding contract, so please don't be hasty when looking over the listing. We find that communication is the key to successful transactions so PLEASE completely read the item description AND ask questions before purchasing, thank you
!
9056-58s, 7203-05x
ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING.