My Berkshire Stone Ginger Beer Collection

Blue Rectangular Poison Bottles

 

There are quite a few variations on the 2oz blue rectangular poison bottles:

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I am unsure how different examples of rectangular poisons there are but there are quite a few.  They come in all shades of blue and green, amber, aqua, ice blue, and clear.  The lips vary according to age and manufacture but again include:  stardard, Corbyn type, shear lip and ground glass stopper types.  Embossing varies widely and some are branded and have company names, hospital names or other.  All the bottles tend to have two panels of vertical ribs on each small side and then a front panel with vertical ribs between which there is embossed writing, either raised, sunken or on a panel.

 

The 2oz blue glass ones that I have found so far (picture 1 from left to right) are as below:

 

 1)  Variation:  Mid-blue, standard, cork, sunken embossing

      On Front:  NOT TO BE TAKEN

      On Shoulder:  blank

      On Bottom:  blank

2)  Variation:  Cobalt blue, standard, cork, raised embossing

     On Front:  NOT TO BE TAKEN

     On Shoulder:  blank

     On Bottom:  2oz

3)  Variation:  Cobalt blue, standard , cork, panel of embossing

     On Front:  POISON / NOT TO BE TAKEN

     On Shoulder:  blank

     On Bottom:  2oz

4)  Variation:  Cobalt blue, shear lip , cork, sunken embossing with closer ribs

     On Front:  NOT TO BE TAKEN

     On Shoulder:  blank

     On Bottom:  2oz

 

The 2oz blue glass additional one that I have found (picture 2) is as below:

 

 1)  Variation:  Cobalt blue, standard, cork, sunken embossing

      On Front:  POISONOUS (horizontally near shoulder) NOT TO BE TAKEN (vertically as normal)

      On Shoulder:  blank

      On Bottom:  blank

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