Dink1957
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I have been trying to figure out what the two words on the bottom of that bottle said and after reading your reply it finally made.... To answer your question, there is the word COTTY and and then the word FRANCE
PerfumeYerington Nevada...what I have posted is such a small number of what I have and I don't know how or where to start to figure this out...I have separated the bottles that the seam stops from the ones that the seam goes all the way to the top for example and I don't even know what that means or if those have any value...my father passed away about 4 months ago and before he passed he wanted to sell all the bottles and insulators and I kept him from doing it because I love them so much...there is a story with everyone of them...now tho, I am going to sell a large portion of them to help finance a trip back to Yerington and go out into the desert to spread his ashes...he always told me I need to take a solo adventure on my motorcycle before I get to old, and I think he would approve...there are a few I will never let go, even if it were to make me rich, or if it's worthless...this community I disxov the other day gave me some hope as I explored the site and read thru the different posts...I am so overwhelmed with the amount of knowledge that everyone has that I feel like a child amongst giants... what is a pontil? Different styles of lips, and bases and body's, embossed or not embossed, color, and a well known member named robbybobby said one of my bottles looks like it's amethyst...ahhh!!!! I am so lost...but I love it...btw, what is this...and thank you for reading this book I just wrote if you made it all the way thruView attachment 222664
Hey I wanted to ask if it would be ok to send you some more pictures of some other bottles and pick your brain about them...you told me that one of my bottles was an olive bottle...so that bottle held olives? And how old do you think it is? And what is turning amethyst mean? Thanks for taking your time and helping me outFirst of all...welcome to antique-bottles! Can you post closer pictures of the bottles? It would help me see better the seams and lips. Are any pontiled? That is on the bottom. I think I like the insulators better. We were all at once the new guy with new guy questions, been there buddy!
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Hey I wanted to ask if it would be ok to send you some more pictures of some other bottles and pick your brain about them...you told me that one of my bottles was an olive bottle...so that bottle held olives? And how old do you think it is? And what is turning amethyst mean? Thanks for taking your time and helping me out
Steven
Sand chip is absolutely right. They used a clarifier, amethyst oxidizing manganese up till around 1910ish. They changed to selenium after, it oxidizes brown. To oxidize, the bottle has to be exposed to large amounts of uv light. This can be achieved either artificially or by spending many years in the sun.Hey I wanted to ask if it would be ok to send you some more pictures of some other bottles and pick your brain about them...you told me that one of my bottles was an olive bottle...so that bottle held olives? And how old do you think it is? And what is turning amethyst mean? Thanks for taking your time and helping me out
Steven