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apothecary cylinder blue bottle attached to cast iron g... - 5/11/2008 10:44:56 PM    sunnyblue   Posts: 2 Joined: 5/11/2008 Status: offline My mother-in-law found this in the bottom of a box lot she purchased at auction.  She was taking it to the dump, but the eerie blue (it looks clear but blue blazes from it) of the jar caught my eye.  Stamped around the neck of the cast iron is "ARCADE".  The blue jar is stamped T.C.W.  CO. with the #  .  I believe that's the T.C. Wheaton Glass Co. Millville, NJ who made laboratory, chemical and drug bottles. We can not figure out WHAT this is or HOW it works.  Thought a coffee grinder but very narrow grinding area (back is flat).  I can't post photo as too many KB? Blue jar top down into bolted cast iron opening that fits around neck of jar with rounded gasket.  Small slot (about an 1/8 inch opening and about 1 inch wide. Any help appreciated! Post #: 1

RE: apothecary cylinder blue bottle attached to cast ir... - 5/11/2008 11:28:47 PM    Digswithstick Posts: 554 Joined: 3/6/2008 From: north west pa Status: offline HI Sunnyblue pic must be downsized to download try (stretch skew) depends on mega pixels of camera mine is 8.1 so i put 25 in each box , also there is help info on displaying &photographing , don't know much about your bottle as i am fairly new to this also ,pic would help though,Digsws (in reply to sunnyblue) Post #: 2

RE: apothecary cylinder blue bottle attached to cast ir... - 5/11/2008 11:41:46 PM    sunnyblue   Posts: 2 Joined: 5/11/2008 Status: offline I'm trying to post a photo after resizing to reduce pixels - thanks Digswithstick!  Photo taken with half the grinder removed so bottle neck visible.  Total height is 10 inches; bottle height is 6 inches and around middle of bottle is 10.5 inches. Attachment (1) < Message edited by sunnyblue -- 5/11/2008 11:46:11 PM > (in reply to sunnyblue) Post #: 3

RE: apothecary cylinder blue bottle attached to cast ir... - 5/12/2008 12:24:08 AM    Digswithstick Posts: 554 Joined: 3/6/2008 From: north west pa Status: offline Great you got pic ,even better that you saved that from the dump,looks like it was used to grind or chop something just guessing ,someone will know what it is ,you might not get reply tonight getting late,but somebody will help,  lots of knowledgeable folks here,welcome to the forum ,thanks for posting,Digsws ps could you take pic with other half on might help < Message edited by Digswithstick -- 5/12/2008 9:13:12 AM > (in reply to sunnyblue) Post #: 4

RE: apothecary cylinder blue bottle attached to cast ir... - 5/12/2008 12:48:01 PM    woody   Posts: 1636 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I'd say a coffee grinder, also. The color of the jar looks like "cornflower blue". < Message edited by woody -- 5/12/2008 12:51:15 PM > _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Digswithstick) Post #: 5

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