New to Collecting and need help with ID
I recently obtained a deep purple bottle with the words "J Clapham Botanical Chemist Wade LN & Kelsalls Leeds." The letters are all flawless. The bottle has no visible markings underneath. Very few, if any bubbles are present. The neck does appear to have some sort of minor irregularity.
I have looked everywhere online for information on this bottles manufacturer and age, but cannot seem to find any info. The only other similar bottles I've seen are amber in color.
Can anyone shed any light on this bottle? Is it a reproduction? Is it painted? How old is it? Thanks in advance for your help!
I have looked everywhere online for information on this bottles manufacturer and age, but cannot seem to find any info. The only other similar bottles I've seen are amber in color.
Can anyone shed any light on this bottle? Is it a reproduction? Is it painted? How old is it? Thanks in advance for your help!
Comments
It's a British (Leeds) pharmacy bottle from the turn of the last century. The color is sun-colored amethyst (SCA) resulting from ultraviolet stimulation of a decolorizer added to the glass batch.