The second bottle definitely is an opium. I have two in my collection. They came from camps along a railroad here in the Sierra Nevada, central California.
It is one of the most common American poison bottles out there, but to me, EVERY poison bottle, especially the small ones, are valuable as a collector's item. I have three and I treasure them. They come in various sizes. Some have embossing on one panel and some have embossing on two panels...
One time I saw a photo of an old ink bottle (I collect them) that looked like that. It was held upright in a wire holder that went around near the bottom. There is a place near the bottom of this one where such a wire holder could have wrapped around. But this is just a guess based on the pic I...
That is a very cool bottle, all right! I love the cobalt poisons, but only buy the smallest ones.
Most of my poison bottles come from ebay, but it is so weird when it comes to selling prices. One bottle I saw sold for $140. (I didn't bid because I already have 4 of them) and then a couple...
My sister gave me a couple of old soda bottles that were discovered in a basement. One says "Cola Root Beer" and has what looks like a woman's profile with an Indian chief's headdress, the words "Indian Club Cola Root Beer" and the soda had been bottled by the Cola Root Beer Bottling Co. in my...