Glad you like 'em Woodsy. For a brief period, a mid-morning window of opportunity allows strong natural sunlight to pass by and backlight the colours a treat. The brighter the sunlight the better the effect, in a small dark room. Incidentally, Woodsy, the serrated patterns on some of the bottles were to help visually impaired people could distinguish between bottles containing toxics, and tonics.
love those bottles Tony. Ive got a couple of similar ones, which I bought and a small blue phial type one that I found embedded in the path leading up to a castle near Pwthelli in Wales. When I was in the Lakes recently, I came across a glass Bovril jar left sitting on a tree stump in a wood! Im not sure if its vintage though!
Thanks Bill. The blue phial sounds like a curious find. Wonder what it contained, and if it was directly connected to the castle inhabitants at some point? Love to see a pic of it if you get a chance to post at some point. These things sometimes ask more questions than they give us answers. Wonder what the story was behind the Bovril jar left placed on a tree stump? Great finds though :)
I 'think' ive still got it Tony. Ill check later. I suspect the Bovril jar was perhaps accidentally unearthed by a dog walker and left for an interested party to find. The blue bottle was on the grounds of Bodelwyddan Castle near Towyn, rather than Pwthelli. This was probably just spoil from the victorian refuse.
One of the car booters I bought some of these bottles from, claimed to have dug them up himself from a Victorian dump. I'd love to discover one for myself, Bill. I like to think that there are perhaps still a few near villages and small towns which are waiting to be discovered :)
Gorgeous shots those Tone. Is that the natural colours of the glass shining through? Really stunning.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like 'em Woodsy. For a brief period, a mid-morning window of opportunity allows strong natural sunlight to pass by and backlight the colours a treat. The brighter the sunlight the better the effect, in a small dark room. Incidentally, Woodsy, the serrated patterns on some of the bottles were to help visually impaired people could distinguish between bottles containing toxics, and tonics.
ReplyDeletelove those bottles Tony. Ive got a couple of similar ones, which I bought and a small blue phial type one that I found embedded in the path leading up to a castle near Pwthelli in Wales. When I was in the Lakes recently, I came across a glass Bovril jar left sitting on a tree stump in a wood! Im not sure if its vintage though!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill. The blue phial sounds like a curious find. Wonder what it contained, and if it was directly connected to the castle inhabitants at some point? Love to see a pic of it if you get a chance to post at some point. These things sometimes ask more questions than they give us answers. Wonder what the story was behind the Bovril jar left placed on a tree stump? Great finds though :)
ReplyDeleteI 'think' ive still got it Tony. Ill check later. I suspect the Bovril jar was perhaps accidentally unearthed by a dog walker and left for an interested party to find. The blue bottle was on the grounds of Bodelwyddan Castle near Towyn, rather than Pwthelli. This was probably just spoil from the victorian refuse.
ReplyDeleteOne of the car booters I bought some of these bottles from, claimed to have dug them up himself from a Victorian dump. I'd love to discover one for myself, Bill. I like to think that there are perhaps still a few near villages and small towns which are waiting to be discovered :)
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