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I have been told that there is one other of these dark blue FCG Co wax
sealers in Half Gallon. There are a few others in a lighter cobalt and
this is one of the more common cobalts in quart (although still not in any
way common). I have one of the
lighter cobalts but was
thrilled when this one turned up.
It's got what appears at first glance to be a bad repair on the back of
the lip but after looking at it carefully, I'm convinced that it's actually
original to the making of the jar. Others may disagree, but I think
there's good evidence to back me up here.
FCG Co stands for "Falls City Glass Company". I believe that they
were located in Oklahoma. Cobalt was used as a color in these jars on
the theory that light caused the contents to go bad. The cobalt was
supposed to negate those effects. However, it was really bad in the
"Cobalt blue makes the food inside look disgusting" problem. There was
quite a bit of experimenting around with cobalt and black (which was colored
for the same reasons) in the 1880s or so. In the end, it seems that
people just couldn't handle the change and these colors dropped quickly out
of favor.
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