Skull and Crossbones Poison

Welcome to our Antique Bottle community

Be a part of something great, join today!

UnderMiner

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 26, 2020
Messages
577
Reaction score
1,324
Points
93
My first and only Skull and Crossbones poison. Tincture of Iodine from the first half of the 20th century. Rubber stopper and glass rod applicator still within. Found in the fall of 2021.
20211025_164038.jpg
 

Len

CT LEN
Joined
Nov 14, 2020
Messages
994
Reaction score
823
Points
93
One never forgets their first. That skull looks like there was serious business inside! Congrats.
 

Dogo

DOGO
Joined
Apr 8, 2020
Messages
339
Reaction score
317
Points
63
Location
Central NJ
There must be millions of those Iodine bottles out there. It was the 'go to' medicine for cuts and scratches for generations. I wonder what percentage had the skull and bones.
 

UnderMiner

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 26, 2020
Messages
577
Reaction score
1,324
Points
93
There must be millions of those Iodine bottles out there. It was the 'go to' medicine for cuts and scratches for generations. I wonder what percentage had the skull and bones.
Undoubtedly there were millions made and most of them probably still exist, only problem is they are likely all locked into landfills deep underground after being disposed of a half century ago. The good news is they should survive down there for many centuries and then probably around the 22nd or 23rd century our curious descendants will perform archeological excavations and dig them up for their little museums.
 

Len

CT LEN
Joined
Nov 14, 2020
Messages
994
Reaction score
823
Points
93
Let's hope and pray the human race survives that long. ...Maybe humans will have started colonization of other planets by then and the scenario repeats itself. (EX. My yet to be born great great god child told me in a dream [Come on, cut me some slack here. My "Wayback Machine" is on the fritz.] that the first Mars expeditions were litter bugs but they brought a few awesome bottles with them. Like that hip flask H2O bottle with the lunar rover embossed on one side and Arnold S. on the other!) ...If anybody is going to dig up old bots from the future I say we give Capt. J. L. Picard a shout. "Engage!":cool:
 

UnderMiner

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 26, 2020
Messages
577
Reaction score
1,324
Points
93
Let's hope and pray the human race survives that long. ...Maybe humans will have started colonization of other planets by then and the scenario repeats itself. (EX. My yet to be born great great god child told me in a dream [Come on, cut me some slack here. My "Wayback Machine" is on the fritz.] that the first Mars expeditions were litter bugs but they brought a few awesome bottles with them. Like that hip flask H2O bottle with the lunar rover embossed on one side and Arnold S. on the other!) ...If anybody is going to dig up old bots from the future I say we give Capt. J. L. Picard a shout. "Engage!":cool:
Dam it Len, I'm a mudlark not a science fiction writer! :D
 
  • Haha
Reactions: Len

Members online

Latest threads

Forum statistics

Threads
83,219
Messages
742,911
Members
24,231
Latest member
rrenzi
Top