I have seen references in a few places to a leg bone shaped poison bottle does anyone know if these actually exist- or is this as Im beginning to suspect, a bottle 'urban legend'?
J.D
J.D. This pic is from Cecil Munsey's "Illustrated Guide To Collecting Bottles" It states a PATENT was granted to Edward M. Cone of Newark New Jersey on Oct. 17 1893. So the idea was there, it just doesn't state whether or not it ever came to pass. Hope this helps, Kelley
Youre just too quick for me Norm!- But seriously, Ive read references to these in at least a couple of books, including one wherein it said, and I paraphrase,"poison bottles were made in odd shapes in order to be easily identified, yadda yadda ..and some shaped like leg bones" - This confusion may possibly have started based on patent drawings of bottles
which were never actually made.
Thanks Kelley- I was reasonably sure I didnt hallucinate that - although I did go through the 60s, but thats another story. I have a feeling those bottles were never made- Ive seen alot of bottles and a fair no. of collections but Ive never seen one of those.
Now Kaw- Dont go thinking defeatist..Youre sounding like me on bad day. Im convinced that digging and finding is about 90% in the 'hands of the powers that be'- you can spend all day digging a spot filled with tantalizing fragments and find everthing broken including the marbles, or you can be like a friend of mine who pulled over to 'use the bushes' out in the country, spotted a blue gleam under some leaves, and pulled out a "Henions Cure for Malaria"- check that one in the book sometime.