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IS IT A POISON? - 12/2/2003 12:09:01 AM    bottle_girl   Posts: 35 Joined: 12/1/2003 Status: offline Hi all Bottle Girl again with another poison bottle... maybe. My bottle collection has gone from 30+ to 54 in less than a month (thanx to Ebay and birthday he he). I have a new bottle that was SAID to be a poison. I would agree based on my limited knowledge. Like some poison bottles, it's a dark brown and it's ribbed on three sides. The bottom says 14 on the left, 2 on the bottom, and 1 on the right, with a circle and a diamond together in the middle of these three numbers. From now on I can give pics of all my bottles so here's a pic of this one. Anyone got words of wisdom? All comments appreciated. Thanx. -BOTTLE GIRL Attachment (1) _____________________________ Incurable Collector, Bottle Girl Post #: 1

RE: IS IT A POISON? - 12/2/2003 6:08:27 PM    kawdog   Posts: 192 Joined: 10/22/2003 From: Ruston Louisiana Status: offline I don't know if it is a poison but I am pretty sure about who made the bottle and where it was made. From the description of the bottle marks on the bottom it sounds like it was made by Owens-Illinois. The left number is generally the plant location, in your case "14" would be Bridgeton New Jersey. The right number is usually the date and the bottom is a mold number. That particular mark with the diamond and the circle dates 1929-1954. I know that wasn't your question but I thought I would throw that in. In my opinion it could very well be a poison bottle, it certainly looks like one. Take care bottle_girl. kaw < Message edited by kawdog -- 12/2/2003 6:10:06 PM > (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 2

RE: IS IT A POISON? - 12/2/2003 8:55:36 PM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I believe this is an iodine bottle. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 3

RE: IS IT A POISON? - 12/7/2003 12:25:18 PM    Pontiled   Posts: 411 Joined: 8/27/2003 Status: offline It's definitely a merthiolate or iodine bottle, both of which would certainly qualify as poisons. Although it was made in the mid-1900's, there are poison collectors who should want to add it to their collections. _____________________________ Mike Russell Author of: The Collector's Guide to Civil War Period Bottles and Jars -- Third Edition (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 4

RE: IS IT A POISON? - 12/9/2003 9:14:10 PM    bottle_girl   Posts: 35 Joined: 12/1/2003 Status: offline Cool, thanx for the help. Thanx kawdog for the info that's awesome. i kinda sorta collect poisons, but that's not the only thing i collect. I just got this little brown bottle with two others in a "set of 3 poisons" off of ebay and you know you can't always trust those ebay things, but I'd been told that ribs usually meant poison, so that's cool. Thanx everybody. Bottle Girl (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 5

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