The 1920s favored colored or opaque glass, particularly in amethyst or cobalt blue. Then style mostly shifted to ornate stoppers on plainer bottles in the 1930s.

The first uses of cobalt blue were found in Mesopotamian aluminate glass circa 2000 B.C., said Pantone’s Pressman, with later occurrences in Egyptian pottery.

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LAMOTTE: Back in the early 1900s, Maryland Glass was started by Bromo-Seltzer, who made exclusively blue bottles. So it was the No. 1 producer of cobalt blue glass, right directly across the bay ...

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SARATOGA SPRINGS – Known for its distinctive cobalt blue glass bottles, Saratoga Spring Water has been a Spa City stalwart since the 19th century.

The Ardagh Glass plant in Port Allegany, for instance, makes cobalt glass containers only every other year. And 500 skids are a lot of bottles to haul and crush for recycling.

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