UK collection

[madman]

hey uk im blown away!!! such beautiful bottles nice!!! mike

 

[Miles]

What a great collection! Wow! Great sub poison [].

 

[bearswede]

Very impressive, Rob!!! Is that sub the gem of your collection?

Also, what's the story behind that cobalt coffin embossed "Bloom of Peaches"???

Ron

 

[ukpoisonman]

Hi Ron.....

The 'Bloom of Peaches' i believe is a form of Cyanide obtained from the peach stone....

I would like to know what was sold in the 'MUST DIE' bottle (This i bought from Australia)... An interesting statement rather than a warning as usually found on such bottles.

The real Gem of the collection is my Tiny blue Crescent. I dug this in 1992 and it inspired me to collect poison bottles. Though the sub is nice, it is also the most expensive purchase i have made for a single item...

Thanks, Rob......

 

[Jim]

The Bloom of Peaches is a very interesting poison bottle. The color and shape would be enough to warn most sensible people of danger, but I'm sure there were some not-so-bright folks who would still associate "peaches" with "food", regardless of the bottle. Imagine some poor guy taking a drink of that. "Mmm, peaches....slurp...GASP...cyanide!"...thud. Hopefully, that never happened, but it really would have defeated the purpose of the bottle if it did!

The "MUST DIE" is also a very cool bottle. My guess would be some kind of vermin poison (bugs, rats, etc.). Quite unusual, maybe it was a simple, yet attention-getting sales pitch for the product. Again, great collection. You have some real beauties! Jim

 

[TROG]

What a magnificent selection of poison bottles and for the great condition as well, would not have a hope of more than 1 coming out of the ground in anything like there condition. Also have dug a Bloom of Peaches bottle but have only ever seen a couple of others.