AMETHYST GLASS 1860s SQUARE INK BOTTLE WITH ORIGINAL METAL COLLAR & LID

Description

An early amethyst hand blown glass inkwell from the 1860s with its original metal threaded collar and metal lid...no embossing on bottle or lid that I can see.....hand blown in mold....early smooth base with smooth little circle.....beautiful amethyst....1 1/2"tall x 1 5/8"square....Excellent shiny nice condition with no chips or damage (except a couple small chips on the original plaster built up around top of lip). A nice clean inkwell. .
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.....THIS IS A FIXED PRICE, BUY IT NOW INKWELL FOR SALE IN MY STORE. IF YOU LIVE WITHIN THE U.S.A. SHIPPING WITH INSURANCE & TRACKING ARE FREE
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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.  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 use of strong UV lights in a box…and some have been purpled by running them through a water sterilization plant, which is a safe and permanent process which does the same thing as many years of exposure to natural sunlight, except much faster. To those "purists" who falsely believe that glass cannot turn this deep amethyst color naturally, I could take you to places where bottles and glass have turned this same shade of purple from being in the sunlight for many years