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    Labelled Laudanum bottles

    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...
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    Collection

    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...
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    Collection

    Thanks for the positive comments Heres a few closer pics i took.
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    Collection

    My current collection. Loaned to BBR magazine at Elsecar, Yorkshire. Home of the UK summernational.
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    PARE. BIRMINGHAM

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    PARE. BIRMINGHAM

    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...
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    WHAT IS THIS BOTTLE?

    It looks typically Australian. Never heard of a 7oz example though.... Graduated sizes in poisons usually go 6oz then 8oz.
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    BIG BOTTLE SALE!

    Have you thought of putting these on a UK forum ?
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    Money Shot!

    Incredible. Many bottles i didnt know existed. Thanks for posting.
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    cocaine?

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    cocaine?

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    INKS INKS INK

    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.
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    INKS INKS INK

    Another unusual one.
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    INKS INKS INK

    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...
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    NY Patent ink bottle

    Thanks for that link. A great read & nice to find more information on this item.
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    Undertakers poison bottle

    Theres an inch of dried contents in the bottom of it too. It gives a great idea of what the afterlife might smell like.
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    INKS INKS INK

    I have acquired a few more since...... including..........
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    Undertakers poison bottle

    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.
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    NY Patent ink bottle

    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...
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    post a pic of your bottle display

    My colour collection of standard hexagonal poisons.

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