SMALL antique old WESTERN WHISKEY coffin or shoofly FLASK deep AMETHYST color

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SMALL antique old WESTERN WHISKEY coffin or shoofly FLASK deep AMETHYST color :
$24.99

A 6\" talldeep PURPLE AMETHYST color antique COFFIN flask. This is a very early hand Blown Into Mold bottle (BIM) with a tooled top, dating it all the way back to the 1800\'s.

Condition: Bottle is in PRISTINE SPARKLING CLEAN condition. NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.
Age: An early hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late 1800\'s.
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This type of flask is referred to as a \'coffin\' flask because of the shape of it; shaped like a coffin. They are also known as shoo-fly flasks by the glass houses that made them. Some collectors differentiate between coffin and shoo-fly flasks by the edges; coffin flasks have very pronounced sharp edges/sides, whereas a shoo-fly flask has more rounded sides.Though these are found throughout the United States, they were most commonly used out west and many collectors of western bottles specialize in the ones that have embossing on them. This is the smaller 1/2 pint size, and just a PRISTINE SPARKLING CLEAN MINT example, not to mention the purple color. We\'ve all heard about old glass turning purple in the sunlight? ... This beautiful purple amethyst color is the result of this bottle being 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 botle 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 IS important 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!, check it out!

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