Early Burroughs Wellcome bottle

Early Burroughs Wellcome bottle

Clear glass pills bottle for the ‘Tabloid’ range, embossed with a monogram superimposing the letters B W Co, and the registration number, Rd 12029, dating the registration of the patent to 1884/5. External screw-thread with ground glass on top.
‘Varalettes’ Bottle

‘Varalettes’ Bottle

Ice-blue flask shaped bottle, 8.5 cm tall, embossed ‘Varalettes’. Varalettes were effervescing lithia tablets for gout (as loosely defined), which were manufactured by the London chemist Alfred Bishop. Discarded after the death of Mary Everett in 1908...
Pills or Powder Bottle

Pills or Powder Bottle

Found in a bucket with other bottles including Sloan’s liniment, Anzora (perfumery), Ad-le-burg mineral water and a Codd bottle for J. F. Harrington. Buried in a copse behind cottages.