Small antique PURPLE SACHET bottle KERKOFF PARIS w/ unique GLASS stopper = NICE!

Description

A
3 inch t
all
deep purple-colored
exquisitely beautiful shaped antique
Perfume or Sachet bottle
.  This little bottle is
EMBOSSED
and it also comes with the
ORIGINAL GLASS STOPPER,
an unusual
INTERNALLY THREADED
stopper that was custom made to screw uniquely into the neck of the bottle.   This is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand
B
lown
I
nto
M
old bottle (
BIM
) with a tooled top, dating it all the way back to the 1800's
.
Base of bottle embossed
:
"
KERKOFF / OF / PARIS
"
.
Top of stopper embossed
:
"
D K
"
(motif)
.
Condition
:   Bottle is NICE and CLEAN with maybe a trace of stain or wear
.  It has NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.
Age
:   An ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late
1800's
.
Shipping
:
FREE
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Just a beautiful little antique sachet powder bottle that is quite unique with the ornately designed little glass stopper!
When looking down at top of stopper, it is shaped like a flower, with the little button in the middle (where it has a "DK" motif) and the petals going outward.
This little jar originally came packed with a highly scented fine powder, which made up the sachet.  Like an air freshener of today, back then the jar cap would of been loosened or removed and the attractively ornate jar would of sat out in different locations in a home, scenting the room, much like an air freshener or deodorizer is used in a home today!  Then there is the
impressive Purple color ...
You hear about old glass turning purple ... this purple color is the result of having manganese in the 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.   Then it was blown into a mold to create vessel or object.  But when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, it triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese starts to oxidize and slowly turns a lavender or amethyst color.   The end result is what collectors refer to as SCA (Sun Colored Amethyst) glass.   The longer it is in the sun the purpler it becomes.  This little bottle was exposed to some concentrated UV rays which had the same affect as the sun, but a lot faster.   It has not been colored, stained, or altered.    No matter how a bottle or jar has turned purple (direct sunlight or UV rays in controlled environment) they all turn the same purple color as it is the same chemical reaction taking place.   The only difference is the time it took to turn purple.  What is important is that an item is old enough to turn purple as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1915 have manganese in them and will turn SCA.
After this, with the start of WWI, manganese was no longer available as foreign imports decreased and domestic resources turned towards the war effort.   Selenium sulphate 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 NO MORE purple glass after 1915!   Not only does this deep purple/amethyst color make this a great looking little antique sachet powder bottle, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique.   Again, NOTE how unique this little bottle is with the glass stopper, the little glass stopper is formed in the shape of a flower.  Quite an amazing little antique jar,
check it out!
!
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