Exquisite LARGE purple WATKINS antique COLORful HAIR TONIC bottle w/pic WOMAN

Description: A 6 5/8 inch tall rectangular-shaped deep SUN COLORED AMETHYST purple colored antique WATKIN'S Dandruff Remover & Scalp Tonic bottle. A SCARCE bottle that is heavily EMBOSSED on two sides. Note too it has two COLORFUL LABELS. This bottle is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE Blown Glass bottle with a cork-top, dating back to early 1900.Bottle embossed on sides: "WATKINS DANDRUFF REMOVER / AND / SCALP TONIC -- J. R. WATKINS MEIDICAL CO. / WINONA, MINN. U.S.A." Condition: This bottle is nice clean condition. It has some spotty stain and age wear. NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc. PLEASE see the pictures to get an accurate idea of overall appearance/condition. Age: An ORIGINAL ANTIQUE mold-blown bottle (ABM) with a cork-top, ca early 1900's. Shipping: FREE domestic shipping. We DO ship Internationally but we do NOT insure International orders unless buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance estimate. If an international shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what YOU pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the ACTUAL shipping costs! This is important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are estimates. We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and your prompt payment will hasten the turn-around time. This is an earlier 'Watkins' bottle as the early varieties were embossed with the Watkin's MEDICAL Co. BUT the newer ones are just embossed the Watkins Co., not MEDICAL Co. Colored hair bottles are one of the most beautiful categories of antique bottles to collect as they come in a nice variety of shapes and colors. This purple colored one would complement any string of colored hair bottles, especially when displayed in a well lit room or with sun streaming through it in a window. We've all heard about old glass turning purple in the sunlight? ... This beautiful purple amethyst color is the result of this bottle blown with manganese-glass. Manganese is a mineral, a rock, that was mined, crushed, and pulverized into a powder, then added to vats of molten liquid glass, and acted as a decolorizing agent to turn the natural aqua-tinted glass into a pure crystal clear colorless glass. But when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, it triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese oxidizes and turns a wonderful amethyst color. Though some may suggest that this lavender color has been artificially produced or altered if it was purpled by any other source than natural sunlight, the only thing that may be altered is the time it took to turn purple. It really doesn't matter whether a bottle has turned purple by the sun or UV rays in a controlled environment, they all turn the same purple color as it is all the same chemical reaction taking place. But what DOES matter is the age of the bottle, as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1914 has manganese in it and will turn sun-colored-amethyst. Not only does this deep purple/amethyst color make this a great looking antique bottle, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique. The purple color really offsets the yellow and green label, highlighting the beautiful art work of a Victorian era woman, check it out!Terms of Sale: Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction. We put our 30+ years of experience in antiques to use in describing every item we list. Items are sold in a store front format and your purchase is a binding contract, so please don't be hasty when looking over the listing. We find that communication is the key to successful transactions so PLEASE completely read the item description AND ask questions before purchasing, thank you!3735-38x, 3758-61x, 711-15zALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING.

Price: 199.99 USD

Location: CLANCY MONTANA

End Time: 2024-02-16T02:00:01.000Z

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