I feel i must highlight this sellers antics.
He bought a stack of Laudanum labels and is sticking them on cheap common bottles.
The bidders really shoud do a little thinking themselves...
Ive highlighted some of the more unusual bottles in the display.
1. Group of local (Leicester Infirmary) hexagonal poisons.
2. 20oz Manchester and Salford Hospital for skin diseases hexagonal.
3. 40oz DPH ( Presumed Department of Public Health) hexagonal.
4. MUST DIE hexagonal...
Hi there.
I dug a bottle many years ago from a c.1880 site.
It is rectangular, aqua glass with
PARE. MIRACULOUS WORM KILLER. BIRMINGHAM
embossed on three sides, with label space on the fourth side.
Its about a 1oz or 2oz size.......
Somebody mentioned it could be from the US...
I have heard this type of glass/colour described as 'slag glass', i half expected this to glow under UV but it doesnt.
It does glow a fiery orange up against the sunlight though. the effect can be seen in this pic.
Heres another similar one in the collection.
Thanks for the comments.
I believe these were just anomoles caused by the use of contaminated and/or improperly mixed (rejected) glass, maybe at the end of a shift or something ?
There is a thread on this site detailing the ingredients required for different colours, it seems that the red...
This is one of my all time favourites.
The bottle itself would be only a few £ or $ if it were dug but the label makes it very special.
There arent many poison bottles that give a sense of mortality quite as much as this one. Enjoy.
Hi there.
I picked up this interesting 'teakettle' shape ink bottle from ebay.com recently.
The base is embossed PAT JULY 13th 1880 which pinpoints the bottle to this design....
The bottle is aqua glass, the colouration is just dry ink.
My question. Is it considered...