• Bottle embossed on top of front panel:   "3xxxii", the Roman Numerals for "32" ounces.
  

• Condition:   This bottle is in nice clean condition.  It has some haze and age wear, NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  It is RARE to find an antique bottle this large and fragile with NO damage, let alone whole.  (See photos for overall condition).
  

• Age: An ORIGINAL ANTIQUE blown-glass (ABM) bottle with a cork-top, ca early 1900.

• 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. It is becoming increasingly difficult to insure international orders and the price can exceed the price of the item, which can negate the sale. 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.

A TOTAL knock out of a bottle-- not only the GIGANTIC size (nearly 11" tall!) but also a WHOLE LOT of PURPLE color.  You hear about old glass turning purple ... ? ... The natural color of glass back in the 1800's was aqua, but aqua glass was not desirable for bottling food products in. It was discovered that adding pulverized manganese (a mineral) to the hot glass would turn the glass clear. But once the had been blown into a bottle, the manganese would oxidize when it was exposed to the ultra violet rays of the sun, and turn a nice purple hue. Germany supplied the U.S. with manganese as it was a little ahead in the manganese supplying process.  Yet with the start of WWI manganese was no longer available as foreign imports decreased and domestic resources turned towards the war effort.  Selenium sulfate then replaced manganese as a glass de-colorizer and when exposed to UV rays, it turns a yellow / straw color, and a dark burnt amber color.  Generally speaking, purple glass dates back from before 1914. Since purple glass is so attractive to look at, many collectors today have found various ways to speed up this process by exposing clear antique jars and bottles to different types of lights and/or heat. But, only the antique glass (pre-1914) with manganese in it will turn purple. This bottle was exposed to a high heat or light source that sped up the purpling process and produced the beautiful deep purple color. It is NOT altered, as the purple color would occur naturally over many years exposure to the sun, in this case it was just hastened.   Not only is it a KNOCK-OUT bottle in this LARGE SIZE, but also a whole lot of purple glass in this large size, check it out!

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