by Tom Licence | Jun 24, 2019
Green, hexagonal, ‘Not to be Taken’ poison bottle, with rolled up leaflet inside, advertising: ‘The Don/ Tobacco & Cigar Stores/ 183, Middlegate Street,/ Near Back’s Wine Vaults Great Yarmouth/ Cigars of the Finest Brands/ Tobaccos of all...
by Tom Licence | Jul 10, 2016
Brown glass bottles in 2 sizes for poison or poisonous substances.
by Tom Licence | Jul 10, 2016
Assorted poison bottles (i.e. bottles for poisonous substances), from Holme Hale Hall.
by Tom Licence | Apr 24, 2016
Green glass poison bottle with star embossing, found amid 1920s refuse at Ringstead. It contains remnants of a white substance. Poison bottles of this sort held any substances that were poisonous (including silver polish). During the 1910s and 1920s they were used for...
by Tom Licence | Mar 30, 2016
Hexagonal ribbed cobalt-blue glass bottle for poison or poisonous substances, embossed ‘Not to be Taken’.
by Tom Licence | Jan 17, 2015
Hexagonal cobalt poison bottle, with ribbing on two panels and ‘Not to be Taken’ embossed on a third. The shape, design and ribbing all helped to distinguish such bottles from medicine bottles and others that might easily be confused with them.
by Tom Licence | Jan 3, 2015
Left: hexagonal cobalt poison bottle, ribbed on three sides, c. 1895. Hempstead. Right: smaller hexagonal cobalt poison, embossed ‘Not to be Taken’, discarded 1915-20 at Tilbury. Both are hand-made.
