NICE antique DEEP PURPLE color LARKIN Co Cosmetic Cold Cream JAR Buffalo

Description

A
3" tall
cylinder-shaped
beautiful PURE PURPLE AMETHYST colored
antique
LARKIN CO. COSMETIC Cold Cream JAR
.  This is a very early mold blown jar (
ABM
), dating back over 100 YEARS old
.
Jar embossed on front
: "
LARKIN CO. /
BUFFALO
".   Likewise the tin cap is embossed "
LCo / LARKIN CO. / BUFFALO / U.S.A.
"
Condition
:   This jar is in shiny clean condition.  It may have a trace of haze, and a scuff or scratch but it has NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  The tin lid is another story ... it is quite worn, corroded, and rough.  It was on the jar when the jar was found but since then we cleaned it up and so it looks a little better.   If nothing else, it makes it usable and is good enough to make the jar look 'complete', but it IS thrashed!   (Please see photos for overall condition of jar AND lid)
.
Age
:  An ABM mold-blown jar with a screw-top, ca early
1900's
.
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An exceptionally
SPARKLING CLEAN
antique cosmetic COLD CREAM jar.    It is difficult to even find one of these Larkin Cosmetic jars that is early enough to turn purple!   With few exceptions, only glass made prior to 1914 will even turn purple.  About this deep
purple color
...
You hear about old glass turning purple ... the 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 a bottle, jar, or other 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 passed through some concentrated UV rays. which has 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 a bottle or jar has to be old enough to turn purple as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1915 has manganese in it and will turn SCA.  Then, with the beginning of WWI, manganese was no longer available as foreign imports deceased 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.  So, not only does this deep purple/amethyst color
make this a great looking little antique jar, but it also authenticates it as being truly antique!
This bottle has a translucent purple color as it is so sparkling clean, the purple color just glows with the sunlight streaming through it
,
check it out!
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