ANTIQUE MEDICAL BED URINAL RARE MANGANESE DIOXIDE REACTION ( PURPLE GLASS )

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HERE IS A VERY RARE CONDITION ANTIQUE BED URINAL. THIS BED URINAL IS A RARE THAT IN FACT IT IS CHANGING TO THE COLOR PURPLE. THIS WILL BE DATED TO THE 1880'S UNTIL THEY STOPPED IN THE 1920'S MEANING ADDING MANGANESE DIOXIDE. THIS PROCESS WOULD CHANGE CLEAR GLASS TO THE COLOR PURPLE IN LONG EXTENDED TIME IN THE SUN. THEY ACTUALLY STARTED IN GLASS WINDOW PANE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 1850'S BUT IN 1880'S THEY STARTED TO PUT MANGANESE DIOXIDE ON ALL KINDS OF TABLEWARES,,LAMPS BOTTLES, ETC. BUT THEY STARTED TO PHASE IT OUT IN THE 1920'S. SOME MANUFACTURES RAN IT TO 1930. THIS IS UNBROKEN NO CHIPS AND NO CRACKS. THERE ARE NUMBERS GROUND INTO THE GLASS. THIS WILL NEED TO BE SCRUB TO REMOVE CALCIUM BUILD-UP IN THE BOTTLE. THIS IS A COLLECTABLE TO MORE OF THE PROFESSIONAL IN THE MEDICAL FIELDS. BESIDE WHAT THIS IS THE PURPLING IS QUITE COOL LOOKING AND A VERY RARE CONDITION. ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS-IS.  PLEASE LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE THE COLOR, AND THE PICTURS DID CAPTURE THE PURPLE BUT NOTHING LIKE IT BEING PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU. THANKS AGAIN. GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING.