AMETHYST 1/2 PINT COLUMBIA JAR W/1898 LID GROUND LIP

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THIS IS A 7 DAY AUCTION......WE HAVE THE LARGEST INVENTORY OF ANTIQUE BOTTLES ON EBAY, SO PLEASE BOOKMARK "DIGGER DAVE'S BOTTLES AND TREASURES" INTO YOUR FAVORITES LIST. WE ARE LISTING FRESH DUG BOTTLES, ETC AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK.Be sure to add me to your favorites list !A beautiful little half pint fruit jar embossed COLUMBIA PATENTED DEC.29TH,1898 in bold letters on top of ramped lid.....jar is plain......Hand blown...ground lip....amethyst jar and lid.....4 1/8"tall x 2 5/8"round.....EXCELLENT NEAR MINT CONDITION with no chips, cracks or damage. Lid is in MINT CONDITION. We always have a good supply of amethyst or purple bottles and jars in our ebay store. Check it out!The beautiful amethyst or purple color of this glass is a result of the presence of manganese in the glass, which was a decolorizer to turn the glass clear. Most of the manganese used in glass factories came from Germany, so when WW1 broke out in 1914, it became much harder to obtain manganese. Other oxide decolorizers were then used instead, so most bottles made after 1918 or so don't turn amethyst. Glass that contains manganese, when exposed to ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, causes the glass to turn amethyst. Some of my amethyst bottles and glass are purpled from years of exposure to natural sunlight. Others have been purpled with the read more

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