I have two poison bottles that both contained mercury bichloride. I was wondering if anyone knows the value of the two bottles. The first one is a cobalt blue bottle with a screw top.
The next one is amber, and it has "Poison" embossed on the back twice. This one is corked, and it still has some remains of the tablets inside. I'm not going to try to open it.[]
Here's a picture of the back of the bottles. The cobalt one only has a few lines embossed on each side, so it seems kind of dangerous compared to the amber one.
Okay, so I found out that the amber one is a Kv-1 because of another post, but does anyone know the value of it with the label? I am also very curious about the cobalt one.
Well Johnathon the cobalt one has a transfer bead under the cap, so if you take the cap off - I am sure you will see two vertical seams on the glass. This will tell you that the bottle was made on an ABM - Automatic Bottle Machine. The transfer bead held the parison hanging in the mold until the blowhead covered the finish and blew the glass out in the final mold, that was closed around the bottom plate.
These are really only good for recycling as far as value.
The other one might have some value. I see where you had seen the thread about them. That one might be a $ 30 or 40 - bottle.
RED Matthews
The KV-1s are common enough that the label doesn't increase the value much. The other I am unfamiliar with. I cant find it in any of my books. It has an English design, but has an American label. Could be re-purposed, but there are several US bottles with English designs documented. I will have to forward this off to the others to see if anyone has seen this before.
I am interested in the bottle with the tablets! I'm trying an experiment with the tablets to see how long it would take for one to dissolve in two ounces of whiskey. Willing to purchase for $50...