Available in 3 sizes, smallest one pictured. One of very few South African Blue Chemists Bottles. A 1oz size bottle.ĭr Rooke's Pale Newfoundland Cod Liver Oil. To find any blue glass bottle embossed with a product or owners name is unusual, making all of the examples above scarce. The most commonly found size of 6 different availableĪ half bottle stuck on to a cardboard advertising card.Įmbossed 214 on side and H G Co on bottom. This one embossed 1227 on base and bearing the diamond registration mark.īovril was probably the most widely used meat extract in Victorian times and is still very popular. In my opinion, the most desirable of all blue bottles. THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER, scarce, attractive, unusual and desirable. This is an 8oz example, one of a series of 12 different sizes. No dig is successful nor collection complete without the most well know of all "blue bottles", the castor oil.Ī fairly mundane chemists bottle with no embossing or outstanding features.Ī more unusual octagonal chemists bottle embossed "not to be taken". Whether you are a digger, collector or simply mildly interested, these bottles are irresistible. SELDOM SEEN, usually bought overseas and hardly ever dugīlue glass was used almost exclusively to package medicinal products. ![]() VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN, seldom seen even in large collections. Regularly dug and found IN EVERY COLLECTION.ĮASY TO OBTAIN and seen in most collections.ĭIFFICULT TO FIND and ONLY SEEN IN LARGER / OLDER collections. We look forward to and welcome your comments & input to Codes used below. We hope that this section of the website will become the most contentious and elicit the most response. The (sometimes almost unbelievable) pricing of items mentioned in other sections of the website will, in all instances, have been realised at overseas auction for perfect-in-every-respect items of which only one or two examples are recorded and which were desired by specialist collectors to complete sections of their collections. The rarity scale used relates to the availability of wares on offer at Antique Fairs, Antique Dealers, Flea Markets or direct from Diggers & Collectors. Maw & Son, White Rose Toothpaste Lid with crisp print and gold band intact, worth as much as a scarcer lid in poor condition.Īl Lastovica put it in a nutshell by saying that "rarity should never be confused with desirability". When considering a value to be placed on an item, please remember that condition plays a vital role, making a perfect specimen of say a S. The rarity section will, when completed, list virtually every category of item which one may come across in the normal course of events and attempt to arrange 5 typical examples of each from most common to rarest. To the un-initiated or new digger / collector certain types of bottles look much the same and it can take years of experience (and lost opportunities) before one gains that almost instinctive feel for something truly exceptional which may differ only slightly from the normal. In an effort to address this problem in the fairest possible manner we introduce the Rarity section. ![]() To this end a value needs to be placed on items for sale or swap in order to ensure fair play, but value, just as beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and is almost impossible to establish correctly. ![]() Some diggers, would you believe, can not even park their car in their own shed because of all the crates-full of bottles (LOL from Gertruida). It soon becomes evident however, that some buying, selling and swapping needs to take place to fill "holes" in the collection, finance digging expeditions (a trip to Kimberley with 2 overnight stays at Riverton & 1 meal in town could cost in excess of R 2,500.00 for a party of 3) or simply get rid of some of the "bulk" which tends to pile up in the garage. As with most "collecting" hobbies, ours starts out driven only by the desire to learn about & enjoy as many different and aesthetically pleasing items as possible.
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