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Clevenger Insulator-Shaped Bottles

An advertisement in the July-August, 1972 Bottle News announcing "2 NEW Insulator Colors" also indicates that, besides golden amber and carnival, that these bottles also came in cobalt blue. In addition, I own one in a yellow green.

According to the ad, only 1000 each of the golden amber and carnival insulators would be made. The golden ambers sold for $8, the carnivals sold for $10, and the cobalt blues sold for $8 each.

The seller was:

Collectables Inc.
Box 961-B
Kermit, Texas 79745

The seller's name and logo is embossed on the bottom of the cobalt blue insulator bottle but not on the green one.

I find the layaway terms interesting. The seller must have thought buyers would be reluctant to spend $18 all at once in 1972 so allowed them to send one-third as a down payment and make two monthly payments for the rest.

All that is found on the bottom of the yellow green bottle is a raised triangle.

On the bottom of the cobalt blue bottle, shown to the left, is the following marking:

(incuse) COLLECTABLES INC.
[raised triangle] (incuse)["I" inside "C"]
ONE OF 1000
IN COBALT

 

A similar ad as the one in the July-August 1972 issue of Bottle News can be found in the May-June 1972 Bottle News but this ad does not include the company name. I do not have a copy of the first issue of Bottle News to determine if an ad was run in that issue. No ads were found in the March-April 1973, September 1973, nor the October 1973 issues but a full-page ad was found in the July-August 1973 Bottle News that showed a variety of products sold by Collectables Inc including Insulator Figural Bottles. This ad indicates the company also sold limited edition flasks, perfume bottles, and a carnivalized glass mushroom.

References

"Advertisement-2 NEW Insulator Colors." Bottle News 1.2 (May-June 1972): 29.

"Advertisement-2 NEW Insulator Colors." Bottle News 1.3 (July-August 1972): 28.

"Advertisement-Hand Crafted Limited Editions from Collectables Inc." Bottle News 2.9 (July-August 1973): 27.

Issues Searched of Bottle Neww

Vol Issue Date Result
1 2 May-June 1972 1/4 page ad on p.29.
1 3 July-August 1972 1/4 page ad on p. 28.
2 7 March-April 1973 Nothing
2 9 July-August 1973 Full page ad on p. 27.
2 10 September 1973 Nothing
2 11 October 1973 Nothing

 

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