Great stuff!
I love that torpedo bottle
I love that torpedo bottle
Yeah thats the one I was talking about - the one to the left of the Gin. Any chance you could show us a picture of the bottom?
i have a bunch of bottles with that mineral looking deposit too and I've tried to clean them off with little luck. I'm hoping its just a deposit/scale and not damage to the glass itself.
I know Glasshopper has ways to clean the bottles out and I've also read to use cut copper wire on the inside with some Lime Away. I may give some additional methods a try.
Have you tried cleaning any of them?
Penny asked why a few of the bottles had round bottoms. The reason was the user had to keep them on their sides is so the cork would stay wet and not shrink, assuring the carbonated contents to keep.
The candy container (shaped like a car) was filled with small candies and was sealed on the bottom with a thin piece of cardboard/paper that you would open by pulling off to get the goodies out. Many different "figural" candy containers were made.
To add about "sick" glass, it can be fixed, but only by tumbling in a tumbler using certain chemicals and copper shot, usually over a period of a few days to a week, depending on how bad the "sickness" is. NO amount of scrubbing will fix it, but I have heard some have cleaned up very mild sickness by sanding, but I've not tried it.
Here are two candy containers I have:
Great stuff!
I love that torpedo bottle
Great stuff!
I love that torpedo bottle
Very impressive collection. If the red snuff bottle is real coral, then that is quite the find. The color is IMO is Imperial quality and rare indeed.