The Evaporated Milk Bottle by Funtime Magic is solidly made from heavy transparent plastic. It is a
very good value for the money, costing 3x less than a similar vanishing milk bottle currently on the
market.
With either of these milk bottles you can attach a real milk bottle label to them
or design a custom milk bottle label and print it on clear vinyl that can be attached to the
bottles, so these bottles will pass for something you would find in the local grocery store dairy
section. (of course , you can use the bottles just as they come out of the box, with no labels, but
I think adding a milk bottle label to the bottle adds a level of realism to it)
Some people
have noted that setting the Evaporated Milk Bottle (filling it with liquid) can be slow and a bit
tricky. Here's the solution that works for me: use a 100 ML syringe with a very thin tip to fill the
bottle.
You could use The Evaporated Milk Bottle in a way similar to the classic milk
pitcher, where milk is poured into a paper bag or other receptacle , then the milk vanishes. It
requires some careful practice to get the timing of the pouring action just right.
However, one of the best uses for this bottle is for the classic 'DeMuth’s Milk Miracle' effect
invented in the 1930’s by Frederick DeMuth a magician whose day job was as a glass specialist at
Corning Glass Co. DeMuth’s original milk bottle was fabricated by skilled glass craftsmen entirely
from real glass. Combining the milk bottle with another gimmicked glass (a m _ _ _ or glass ) it
enabled the performance of DeMuth’s Milk Miracle, as follows:
The magician shows an empty
glass. The glass is covered with a napkin and set on the table. A plate is placed on top of the
covered glass. Next a bottle of milk is shown and placed on top of the plate. Suddenly the milk in
the bottle is seen to mysteriously descend until enough milk has run out to fill the glass
underneath the napkin. The milk bottle, plate, and napkin are removed from the glass and now the
glass is seen to be filled to the brim with milk , which has apparently penetrated through the solid
plate and the napkin. If you have bad angles you can eliminate using the m _ _ _ or glass by using
a "Liquid Appear" set up which is a metal canister which you insert the empty glass into, then put
the plate on top of the canister , then place the milk bottle on top of the plate. The rest of the
effect is as described above. In either case you'll most likely have to custom make the Liquid
Appear glass or the m _ _ _ or glass because most of the commercially available versions of those
type of glasses are too small. The amount of milk that apparently passes through the plate into the
glass underneath is more milk than would fit in the relatively small m _ _ _ or glasses (or Liquid
Appear glasses) you usually find. It's not too difficult to make either of those items in a larger
size glass, but you need some basic craft skills.