By today's standards electricity seems so commonplace, we all were born and raised in the electric world. But in the pontil age, hardly anyone knew much about it. It was the great mystery to the ordinary man. Considering that, it is surprising to me that the patent medicine guys, always...
From what I can gather, the idea of electrically treated miracle goop was much in vogue early on. it was a practice to stick a couple electrodes in some fluid, give it a zap. The net effect on the fluid was essentially zero. But it makes for interesting embossing.
Norwood's
The Norwood's Tinct. V. Viride is a strange example to be in the color section. The glass is clear flint, which in itself is an unusual thing for this time period. But in the clear flint is a definite pink blush. The base photo shows the pink tine the best.
About forty years ago, a friend of mine was hiking the mountains near a mother lode gold mine. On the face of a cut bank was a partially eroded out two gallon bucket that looked to have been placed there and upside down. After edging the dirt away, he discovered the bucket was guarding three...
An amazing piece. If the glass was any thick, annealing would really tough to do. I used to do fire assaying which produces glass in the form of slag, non annealed. Touch it when cool and blam, shards flying everywhere. Often spontaneous too. Annealing ovens host newly made bottles and such...
Another Mortimore
This one matches the other Mortimore for top shelfishness. I'm still trying for photo techniques that don't suck so much. This represents a new method, where the glass isn't washed out, but detail comes up. It's a work in progress.
McLeans Volcanic Oil Liniment
This one had the original contents and seal, but no label. The content was very dark, so much so that the glass color couldn't be seen. The cork was leaky, so out the contents came. I was delighted that the green emerged. The glass is paper thin, so that the...