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My chemist’s bottles and chemical bottles

Miniature glass chemist’s bottles for the dolls’ house and dolls’ shops


I have finally been able to produce these chemist’s bottles. It is the labels that make these bottles special. They are made of enamel colour and are burned permanently in the electrical oven, so that they are absolutely scratch- and water-resistant.

Old chemist shops have always fascinated me. It is therefore not surprising, that I was inspired by samples of the old bottles and that I have developed these labels further. Many years of searching for the right printer have proved worth it:

„Miniature chemist’s containers out of glass with burned in labels“

are a true world innovation.

Only through the printer’s knowledge of the screenprinting process, in which the labels are made, are these details possible. This project was a technical challenge for the printer, starting with the layout, fitting accuracy of the films, the coating of the finest sieves to the consistancy of the printing colours. This required a series of printing trials. Only these competent experts were able to meet my wishes. Please observe the fine lines and contours. The result is something to be proud of.

The chemist’s glass bottles are produced in three different colours – clear glass, milk glass and brown glass – as well as four-edged and eight-edged finishes and are blown into a special form. There are three different labels for these bottles: „Blatt“ (leaf), „Dornen“ (thorns) and „Ranken“ (twines) with blue and yellow-green contours. They are available in a total of 35 different kinds of lettering.

(c) Gerd Felka 2008 Mailto Gerd Felka