@privydigger - well, yes. I'm an ardent collector since many years, so yes - I got fooled several times. On the other hand some collectors have been incredibly nice with me and I have made some true friends. That's the more important thing :-)
Personally, I think iridisence to the surface sometimes adds to the character of a really old bottle. Not always - sometimes takes away from the beauty. I guess that's very much a matter of taste. I like both the full gloss bottles and those with iridisence, as long as it looks nice in my eyes...
Thank you very much for clarifying!! So the bottle from the first pic is a KV-10 - thank you! It also comes in olive, and it also comes in the smaller sizes (250ml and 100ml), but the smaller sizes are very rare, especially 100ml is about impossible to get. The B in a diamond is the glassmark...
Thank you! I do have the "Poison Bottle Workbook" by Rudy Kuhn, and also the "Poison Bottle Workbook II", but not the 3rd Workbook - do you know where I can get a copy?
You are right, some KV's such as KV-1 have only two panels, but others such as the Taylor (KV-4) or the KV-10 have 3 panels...
I'm an ardent collector of
early glass (ca. 1650-1830), especially rare shapes and seals from Europe
poisonsglass target balls and glass fire-extinguisher grenades
I find Kuhn's Poison Workbooks are generally very helpful. However, it sometimes happens that I am not 100% sure when trying to identify a poison. E.g., I am not sure whether a KV-10 has four embossed skulls as on the first attached to this post, or whether it has two embossed skulls (as on the...