Robert's Vegetable Embrocation

[epgorge]

I picked this little cutie up at a Larry Driscoll auction this past spring. His auctions are always have nice glass which seem to go at a uniquely low prices.

Robert's bottle which cookie thinks may be more blue than green. What do you think?

Joel

 

[epgorge]

Greenish blue? Bluish Green? Not quite Teal though.

 

[epgorge]

Obviously, tumbled evident by the corkscrew divet in the lip. The op. Sorry for the blurr.
Joel

 

[GuntherHess]

They come in a wide range of blue/green colors, teal, emerald and even olive green.
One of the most common of the colored pontil marked meds.

 

[epgorge]

So, Robert's are common bottles, Matt? Or, just a particular color? Is there a guide to colors vs. value? Sort of like Merchants, I would assume?

I have had several different people give vastly, different values on this beauty. I paid a bit more than $100 for it and feel it is well worth it just to look at in my bottle case. It certainly is a pretty bottle.

I still concentrate wholly on my Vermont collection (nice Vermont Liniment Bottle Cookie has, by the way) but am drawn to small, pontiled medicines, particularly if they have color of any kind.

Thanks again, Matt.

Joel

 

[epgorge]

Duh, I just checked your book, which I should have done first, I suppose. It is just that colors are so hard for me to differentiate.

I see the prices are AOR (all over the road). I ruled out it is emerald by using your color guide. I then put it next to my teal San Francisco Owl Citrate bottle and it is more green than teal, so I must assume it is a medium green, perhaps.

Joel

 

[GuntherHess]

So, Robert's are common bottles

Common is a relative term. No colored pontil medicines are common compared to other bottles in general. If you asked me to name the most common 5 colored pontil medicines, the Roberts would be one of them. I hope that makes more sense.
Its hard to judge the color from your photos, it appears to be either a teal or medium green.