Aqua glass vet’s bottle embossed ‘The only/ Genuine/ Day, Son and Hewitts/ Gaseous Fluid/ London’. This was a favourite remedy for horses, cattle and sheep. Two of these bottles were found; the other one was broken. Discarded in 1908 after the death of Mary Everett.
just found one of these bottle amazing. Dug up in our garden with a host of other bottles
Hi there, just dug one of these bottles up myself,looks to be one of the hand made ones,light greenish in colour.any idea what age and is there a value? Regards David
What was it used for
An advert from 1888, states that it:
‘Cures at once, Colic or Gripes in Horses
Cures Debility in Colts or Heifers
Cures Horses off Appetite and Sickly
Cures Diarrhoea, Scour, Blown Cattle, etc’
Day, Sons and Hewitt’s, with an address in Dorset Street, London, claimed to be the largest horse and cattle medicine manufacturers in the world. They also sold products called ‘Red Condition Powders’, for coughs, colds, itching, swelling etc, and ‘Chemical Extract’, for swelling, cuts, strains and injuries.