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The various shades of aqua

That’s a fair point. I suppose that would explain the lack of consistency. Do you happen to have any information that is used by the insulator community for color designation?
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- Post #6
- Dec 18, 2019
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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The various shades of aqua

For reference, here are four aqua bottles I have dug recently. The small one in the left I have recorded as “light aqua,” the Hutch as “aqua,” and the two large ones on the right as “blue aqua.”
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- Post #3
- Dec 18, 2019
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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The various shades of aqua

Good morning folks! well, let me start by saying that I’m a huge fan of cataloging my finds, so I am very meticulous in recording details. I’m sure that everyone is familiar with the Hutch Bookbottle search. Well, I wanted to determine whether or not there is an accepted “standard” for the...
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- Dec 18, 2019
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- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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Tonic Vermifuge

Here’s a similar one I dug up on Saturday. I think it dates to around the 1890s? Hard to tell based on how long these things were produced. Base indicates only mold: “3.”
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- Post #6
- Oct 28, 2019
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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N. R. & C. Co.- Lansing Mich

Back again at the bottle dump and found a local bottle labelled “N. R. & C. Co.” on one side and “Lansing Mich” on the other. The front and back are slick. These photos aren’t great. I am having no luck determining what N. R. & C. Company is, but I did see that a similar bottle was listed on...
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- Oct 24, 2019
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Papillon Mfg. Co.

Interesting.... it’s not too often I find an embossed bottle that only has the company name and not the product. I don’t believe they existed for very long based on the information I’ve seen. The company isn’t even listed in the Embossed Medicine Bottles book.
- OneDimerDude
- Post #3
- Oct 19, 2019
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Papillon Mfg. Co.

Found this guy at a bottle dump yesterday... all I can determine is that Papillon Mfg. Co. became insolvent in 1888 from some Illinois Circuit Court documents. Does anyone know any any more about this company? -Joe
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- Oct 18, 2019
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900