Flea market finds, etc.....

[Georgia Peach]

I finally have a new computer so I can post photos of my bottles. I have them in groups...first group is a purple bottle with glass stopper, Dr. Thatchers sample (small yellow), 2 codd bottles from Britain, Sietz Bros. & purple Monarch Water from Chatanoogga.

 

[towhead]

Wow! Do those purple bottles come out of the ground that color? ....or is that a sun thing?

 

[cc6pack]

Peach

When you have that much light behind the bottles, try the backlight feature on your cam.[]

 

[Georgia Peach]

I have a backlight feature![8|]???

 

[Georgia Peach]

That is a sun thing...a Florida sun thing! The one with the glass stopper came from Key West & the Tenn. water was put out in the sun in Florida. So they have been helped along.

 

[towhead]

WOW, I have never found anythng that color here in Minnesota

 

[ShovelBasher]

that bottle didnt turn that purple from the sun, it was radiated. people take bottles that arent worth much and bring them to a medical lab, i know of several bottle dealers that do it and sell at big antique shows. cost 1000 dollars for 400 bottles, they put them in a radiation type machine (x ray) or something like that and they turn instantly, caused by magnesium in the glass

 

[Georgia Peach]

That is possible that they were "exrayed", all I know it what the dealer told me...that they were put out in the sun. I didn't pay much for them (less than $5.00), so if he paid $1000 to have them done (he only had 2), he didn't make any money. Regardless, I think they are pretty & look great in my display. Historical value is what is important to me more than anything & that is what I try to focus on, not value. They are still old & to have a glass stopper with the bottle was a plus for me.