Poison wanna-be ?

[fsperry]

Hey everyone,

Wondering if this is a poison or not. Very light green in color and 5' tall with "438" on bottom. If not a poison, then what could it be ?

Thanks, Fred

 

[fsperry]

5 inches tall, obviously, not 5 feet

 

[Jim1870]

Fred, it seems like I dug something similar to that with some embossing on it. I'll look for it tommorow, provided I can see straight. - Jim

 

[bigghouse]

I NO NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING! ABOUT POISONS BUT I DONT THINK THATS A POISON BOTTLE BECAUSE I HERD THAT ALONG TIME AGO, AT NIGHT WHEN SOMEONES SICK OR WANTS A DRINK AND THEY GO INTO A CABINET, SO THEY WOULDNT POISON THEMSELVES, THE MAKERS WOULD MAKE THE POISON BOTTLE AS NOTICE ABLE AS POSSIBLE. LIKE A LOT OF BUMBS STRANGE SHAPES, AND BRIGHT COLORS. ITS JUST A GUESS BUT 9999999,000000 / 100 % CHANCE THAT I AM RONG[>:]

ANNA

 

[GuntherHess]

Its not a typical poison form, maybe a medicine or an extract, hart to say with no label.

 

[fsperry]

Alrighty Jim,,,,,I'll wait for your reply, providing your vision is OK. HA

Anna, I thought maybe because it has a triangular shape that it might be a poison as it would "feel different" in the dark, but that's just a guess. Thanks for your replies

 

[fsperry]

Hey Matt,

I was thinking that way too but the shape has me baffled,,,,,,not usual for a medicine is it ?

Thanks

 

[Jim]

Not a poison bottle, although it could have very well contained a poisonous substance. Triangular bottles are an uncommon shape, but I have seen some plain ones like yours. McCormick sold laudanum in clear, triangular bottles, so it is possible that it may have been a label-only laudanum bottle from McCormick or someone else. But, as Matt said, it's hard to say without a label. Happy New Year! ~Jim

 

[Jim1870]

Vision is fine - I'm down to two of everything

Mine is embossed "Milton" and was dug in July in my backyard dump. It is somewhat smaller than yours at 4 1/2 inches. I'm not sure what was in it though. I did some searching without much luck.

 

[otgb]

here is one i have i thinki have another one here some were that say celery compound