Two Machine Blown Medical Vials

     What we have here is two different types of vial. The vial with the red label is a Homeopathy vial and the vial with the blue and white label is a Shell vial. The red label vial’s neck design is referred to as “Bead Nick.” The vial with the blue and white label, its top is referred to as “sheared or blown over” however, in most case it was made longer and then ground down to its desirable height. The Illinois Glass Company used a glass blowing machine to produce both vial in 1908. One of the sales pitch for these vial is “it was machine blow” this was important because glass blowing machine had just been invented in 1905, so stating machine blown showed new glass technology was being used to make newer and better vials. The Illinois Glass Company at about the same time made both vials. Both vials have little white hemispheres in them which I am not sure what they are or what they are used for. The red vial has six and a half hemispheres and the blue and white vial has sixty little hemispheres and the label states 60 pills which means this vial has been full of content for over a 100 years, if what is in the vial is what the label says it is. The red vial has a damage cork which could have happen at the factory or though time. The labels on both vials are in mint condition with no damages. Other than that, they are in excellent condition with no cracks, chips, dents, necks, scratches, repairs, fleabites, stains, or wears-marks.

Dimensions:

• Red Label Vial:  0.50”x 0.50”x 2.25” with cock in 2.50”
• Blue and White Label:  0.50”x 0.50”x 2.38” with cock in 2.50”

Weight:

• Blue and White Label Vial:  0.02
• Red Label Vial:  0.01

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