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Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 11:43:07 AM    me2   Posts: 52 Joined: 9/24/2011 Status: offline In 2010 an inventor in the US applied for a patent on a poison for killing insects, with no "prior art" regarding the two components: an attractant (sugar) and a repellant (poison). However, chocolate-covered insecticide powder was already on the market some two hundred years ago. The Vicat family of France, chemists by trade, included a seller of chocolate. At some point in the 1800s the chocolatier conceived of coating insecticide with chocolate. Vicat's insecticide came in at least two sizes of bottle - one for the coat pocket, and one for leaving at home and used to fill the pocket-size bottle. Originally it appears to have been 'flea powder' but also was used for bed-bugs. The images below show the pocket-flea powder (for example used in horse-drawn cabs in London which were rife with fleas) and a sample of the slightly larger 'leave-at-home' size. The product bears a flea embossed on the bottle. < Message edited by me2 -- 10/7/2011 11:48:10 AM > _____________________________ Michael B. Been digging for 38 years Post #: 1

RE: Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 11:47:55 AM    me2   Posts: 52 Joined: 9/24/2011 Status: offline The photo didn't upload properly so here it is again. Attachment (1) < Message edited by me2 -- 10/7/2011 11:49:38 AM > _____________________________ Michael B. Been digging for 38 years (in reply to me2) Post #: 2

RE: Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 1:52:22 PM    luckiest   Posts: 227 Joined: 1/12/2010 Status: online Cool, I have yet to dig a bug poison, that one is great. (in reply to me2) Post #: 3

RE: Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 2:09:18 PM    AntiqueMeds   Posts: 2010 Joined: 3/6/2009 From: Frederick, MD. Status: offline NICE EMBOSSED FLEAS _____________________________ My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/ Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/ Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to luckiest) Post #: 4

RE: Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 5:08:53 PM    Poison_Us Posts: 2952 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline Nice.  First time I seen these beyond a drawing in the books was at glassworks auction.  Lot 562.  Very nice set..and the first flask I have seen with a poison label on it. http://www.rtam.com/glassworks/cgi-bin/CATALL.CGI _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to AntiqueMeds) Post #: 5

RE: Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 7:51:01 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9804 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Pretty interesting bottle. _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 6

RE: Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 8:08:24 PM    me2   Posts: 52 Joined: 9/24/2011 Status: offline I'm glad you like that pair. Singularly they probably would not hold as much value. Excellent glass for sure. Not to mention the contents. _____________________________ Michael B. Been digging for 38 years (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 7

RE: Candy-coated poison - 10/7/2011 8:30:48 PM    me2   Posts: 52 Joined: 9/24/2011 Status: offline Thanks for that link, Poison_Us. Not many poisons were sold in flasks here either. _____________________________ Michael B. Been digging for 38 years (in reply to me2) Post #: 8

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