Details - Bridal Magazine - Issue 1 - June 2021 Digital

Sourcing
Vintage Bottles for
Boho Style Wedding Decor
Incorporating something old is a tradition that has been recorded as
early as 1871 and appeared in the novel Purple and Fine Linen by
American author Emily Post in 1905. In the 2000’s, boho, short for
bohemian, became a hot trend for weddings which drew influences
from the 60’s and 70’s. This wedding theme includes free flowing
and textured dresses, wild flowers, free-spirited hairstyles and
flower crowns with vintage and antique inspiration and textures into
the décor. It has become increasingly popular to use vintage bottles
as budvases on the guest tables and we are going to tell you how to
find them!
History of Amber Bottles
There are many different colours of vintage glass bottles including
Amber, Yellow Amber, Clear, Cobalt, and various shades of Green. For
the sake of this article, we will be mainly discussing amber glass
bottles as they are more commonly used in boho style weddings
along with their clear counterparts.
Amber glass became extensively manufactured in the 19th century
by mixing sulfur, iron and carbon into the base glass formula. Amber
glass is particularly useful when the product is light sensitive, as
amber glass completely blocks out UV light as well as blue light and
all other light wavelengths under 450 nm.
In 1918, Clorox bleach released their product to American
households in a 15-ounce amber “pint” bottle which was the same
container used by other companies to bottle a variety of liquid
products. The original bottles had no markings on the glass which
meant if the paper label came off or was removed, it was virtually
impossible to figure out which were Clorox by appearance. The same
issue occurred with medicines.
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