I have a medium sized cobalt blue bottle with cork. I don't know where my great grandmother got it, or what it's worth? I'd like to know what it once was used for?
It looks like an Apothracary bottle. Since i cant really tell an age or maker from it, its hard to tell a price. Usually i see them sell at antique shops between $10-$20 depending on age and quality. This one looks to be newer because of the great quality.
Look for a mold seam on the bottle, it will tell a great deal about its age. Mold lines that go all the way up generally indicate a early 20th century manufacture date at the earliest. Bottles like this were reproduced during th Victorian decorating craze of the 1980's.
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Re: Antique cobalt blue bottle
It looks like an Apothracary bottle. Since i cant really tell an age or maker from it, its hard to tell a price. Usually i see them sell at antique shops between $10-$20 depending on age and quality. This one looks to be newer because of the great quality.
Re: Antique cobalt blue bottle
Look for a mold seam on the bottle, it will tell a great deal about its age. Mold lines that go all the way up generally indicate a early 20th century manufacture date at the earliest. Bottles like this were reproduced during th Victorian decorating craze of the 1980's.
Re: Antique cobalt blue bottle
newer pier one inports designer dispay bottle ,or similar to, sold for about 5-8$ in the 90s. will sell for about the same now. maybe a little less.