A 4 1/4 inch tall (to top of stopper) cylinder-shape TRANSLUCENT PURPLE COLORED antique COLGATE & CO perfume bottle.  Bottle is EMBOSSED, comes with PAPER LABEL and has a GLASS STOPPER.  This is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand Blown Into Mold bottle (BIM) with a tooled top, dating it all the way back to the 1800's.

• Bottle embossed:  "COLGATE & Co / PERFUMERS / NEW YORK".

• Condition:   Bottle is in good condition.  It has content stain and age wear, and has been sprayed with some type of lacquer to preserve the paper label.  It looks rough but it has NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  PLEASE see pictures to get better idea of bottle and label's condition.  

• Age: An ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late 1800's.

• Shipping: FREE domestic shipping, includes insurance.   We do NOT insure International orders unless buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance estimate.  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. 

This is the same Colgate of the Colgate / Palmolive company today, but the 1800's version, back when they specialized in perfume.  This bottle is attractive with the CAPRICE paper label and glass stopper.  Then there is the deep purple color? You hear about old glass turning purple in the sunlight ... The beautiful purple amethyst color of this bottle is the result of being made with manganese in the glass, a mineral that was pulverized and added to vats of liquid glass that acted as a decolorizing agent to turn the natural aqua-tinted glass into a pure crystal clear colorless glass.  Exposure to ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese oxidizes and turns a wonderful amethyst color.   With few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1914 will turn sun-colored-amethyst. Not only does this deep purple/amethyst color make it a great looking bottle, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique, check it out!

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