My chemistry was a little off-here is a chart I found in The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles, Cecil
Munsey, Hawthorn books, 1970:
Copper, Selenium, Gold--------Reds
Nickel, Managanses-------------Purples
Chromium, Copper---------------Greens
Cobalt, Copper---------------------Blues
Carbon, Nickel---------------------Browns
Iron-------------------------------------Greens, Yellows (Amber)
Selenium-----------------------------Yellows, Pinks
Tin, Zinc------------------------------Opal, Milk glass
Iron Slag------------------------------"black glass"-Dark Olives, Dark Browns
"For example it takes one ounce of gold to create sixty pounds of ruby-red glass." pg 37
"The technique of adding small amount of manganese to a glass mixture to produce clear glass had
been known but hardly bothered with since its discovery before the time of Christ.
From around 1880, when the demand for clear glass forced manufacturers to perfect the technique
of decolorizing with manganese, until approximately 1915, at which time World War I cut of the main
source of manganese-Germany-manganese was America's most widely used decolorizing agent. By
1916, glassmakers were using the more stable but also more expensive decolorizing agent,
selenium." pg 55
"The amount of color decolorized will assume depends on two variables: how much of a decolorizing
agent was originally used; how long the glass has been exposed to ultra-violet light." pg 55
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Munsey, Hawthorn books, 1970:
Copper, Selenium, Gold--------Reds
Nickel, Managanses-------------Purples
Chromium, Copper---------------Greens
Cobalt, Copper---------------------Blues
Carbon, Nickel---------------------Browns
Iron-------------------------------------Greens, Yellows (Amber)
Selenium-----------------------------Yellows, Pinks
Tin, Zinc------------------------------Opal, Milk glass
Iron Slag------------------------------"black glass"-Dark Olives, Dark Browns
"For example it takes one ounce of gold to create sixty pounds of ruby-red glass." pg 37
"The technique of adding small amount of manganese to a glass mixture to produce clear glass had
been known but hardly bothered with since its discovery before the time of Christ.
From around 1880, when the demand for clear glass forced manufacturers to perfect the technique
of decolorizing with manganese, until approximately 1915, at which time World War I cut of the main
source of manganese-Germany-manganese was America's most widely used decolorizing agent. By
1916, glassmakers were using the more stable but also more expensive decolorizing agent,
selenium." pg 55
"The amount of color decolorized will assume depends on two variables: how much of a decolorizing
agent was originally used; how long the glass has been exposed to ultra-violet light." pg 55
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Non Drug Related Business's using Drug Measure Dose Glasses.
The A.J. Held Co. Ambulance
Funeral Directors Adams
7652 1058 Parsons Ave.
{Columbus, OH?}
Funeral Directors Adams
7652 1058 Parsons Ave.
{Columbus, OH?}
James W. Buckley
The Quality Grocer
San Jacinto, Cal.
The Quality Grocer
San Jacinto, Cal.
J.J. Reynolds
Grocer & Baker
117 S. Race
Urbana, ILL.
Grocer & Baker
117 S. Race
Urbana, ILL.
Compliments Of
Hill Hardware Co.
1003 W. Douglas
Wichita, Kans.
Hill Hardware Co.
1003 W. Douglas
Wichita, Kans.
The Bell {etched Bell}
Hardware Co. Everything In
Hardware Bremen, Ohio
Hardware Co. Everything In
Hardware Bremen, Ohio
Dr.Olmsted Dentist
Peru, ILL.
Peru, ILL.
Hiram J. Hampton Physician
& Surgeon Tampa Fla.
& Surgeon Tampa Fla.
N.K. BROWN'S JAMAICA GINGER AROMATIC ESSENCE BURLINGTON VT.
With 75% of the original paper label intact, it wraps around the back side and missing a piece about the size
of a nickel. This attic fresh beauty is hand blown in a mold from about the 1890's to 1905 and stands 4 5/8"
tall with an oval base. Front is embossed "N.K. BROWN'S JAMAICA GINGER, AROMATIC ESSENCE,
BURLINGTON, VT.". This tonic was advertised to cure colic, dysentery, diarrhea, indigestion and sudden
colds. Contained 90% alcohol, 8% ginger root extract and 2% (toxic) Tri-Ortho-Cresyl-Phosphate (TOCP)
which was the chemical that produced neuroligical damage and permanent paralysis of the legs and feet.
Due to Prohibition, it was consumed in large quanities by lower class alcoholics for the effect and low cost,
but caused the leg paralysis called "Jake Leg". There were 40,000 cases by 1930 causing the FDA in 1938 to
outlaw the sale and use of TOCP. Many blues songs about this product were hits from 1928-1934 with song
titles like: Jake Leg Blues, Jake Bottle Blues, Jake Walk Blues among just a few.
With 75% of the original paper label intact, it wraps around the back side and missing a piece about the size
of a nickel. This attic fresh beauty is hand blown in a mold from about the 1890's to 1905 and stands 4 5/8"
tall with an oval base. Front is embossed "N.K. BROWN'S JAMAICA GINGER, AROMATIC ESSENCE,
BURLINGTON, VT.". This tonic was advertised to cure colic, dysentery, diarrhea, indigestion and sudden
colds. Contained 90% alcohol, 8% ginger root extract and 2% (toxic) Tri-Ortho-Cresyl-Phosphate (TOCP)
which was the chemical that produced neuroligical damage and permanent paralysis of the legs and feet.
Due to Prohibition, it was consumed in large quanities by lower class alcoholics for the effect and low cost,
but caused the leg paralysis called "Jake Leg". There were 40,000 cases by 1930 causing the FDA in 1938 to
outlaw the sale and use of TOCP. Many blues songs about this product were hits from 1928-1934 with song
titles like: Jake Leg Blues, Jake Bottle Blues, Jake Walk Blues among just a few.
Some notes of interest for collectors.
Altoona Savings Bank
Altoona, Iowa
Your Account Solicited
Altoona, Iowa
Your Account Solicited
{Dairy}
And Cream Clark & Parker Alta,
Iowa
And Cream Clark & Parker Alta,
Iowa
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The beautiful amethyst or lavender color of this glass is a result of a curious chemical reaction among certain compounds used in
the manufacture of glass.The natural color resulting from the basic ingredients of glass,sand,soda,and lime,is varying shades of
aqua,or green.Merchants of the mid 19th recognized the value of being able to display their products in clear glass vessels,so a
compound,called manganese,was added to batches of raw glass at the factories,the result being the finished product of a crystal
clear container!!. A side effect of the clarified glass with manganese is the ability to change into a brilliant dark amethyst when
exposed to ultra violet rays over a period of time.Most of the manganese used in glass factories came from Germany,WW1 broke
out in 1914, it became much harder to obtain manganese. Other oxide decolorizers were then used instead, so most bottles made
after 1918 or so don’t turn amethyst.This bottle has been purpled by a process called “irradiation”, which is a safe and permanent
process which does the same thing as many years of exposure to natural sunlight, except much faster.Those of you who live in high
sun areas,such as the Western American Desert,may have noticed dark purple shards around old ghost towns,or house sites.
Compare these bottles to the shards and you will see an identical result. Real Desert Glass is hard,if not impossible to find anymore.
the manufacture of glass.The natural color resulting from the basic ingredients of glass,sand,soda,and lime,is varying shades of
aqua,or green.Merchants of the mid 19th recognized the value of being able to display their products in clear glass vessels,so a
compound,called manganese,was added to batches of raw glass at the factories,the result being the finished product of a crystal
clear container!!. A side effect of the clarified glass with manganese is the ability to change into a brilliant dark amethyst when
exposed to ultra violet rays over a period of time.Most of the manganese used in glass factories came from Germany,WW1 broke
out in 1914, it became much harder to obtain manganese. Other oxide decolorizers were then used instead, so most bottles made
after 1918 or so don’t turn amethyst.This bottle has been purpled by a process called “irradiation”, which is a safe and permanent
process which does the same thing as many years of exposure to natural sunlight, except much faster.Those of you who live in high
sun areas,such as the Western American Desert,may have noticed dark purple shards around old ghost towns,or house sites.
Compare these bottles to the shards and you will see an identical result. Real Desert Glass is hard,if not impossible to find anymore.