Green Hexagonal Poison Bottles
There are quite a few variations on the 2oz green hexagonal poison bottles:
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I am unsure how different examples of hexagonal poisons there are but there are a great deal. 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 them all: stardard, wide-mouth, Corbyn type, shear lip and ground glass stopper types. Embossing varies widely and some are branded and have company names, or hospital/infirmary names or other. All the bottles tend to have two panels of vertical ribs between which there is an embossed panel.
The 2oz green glass ones that I have found so far in Picture 1 (from left to right) are as below:
1) Variation: Standard, cork, raised panel of embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2OZ
2) Variation: Standard, cork, raised panel of embossing
On Front: POISON / NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2OZ
3) Variation: Wide-mouth, cork, raised panel of embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: M in a clover leaf type shape
4) Variation: Corbyn type lip (2 piece mould), cork, raised panel of embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2oz
5) Variation: very late round type lip (2 piece mould), cork, 3 panels of ribs
On Front: blank
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2
The 2oz green glass one that I have found so far in row 2 of pictures is as below:
1) Variation: Standard, cork, raised panel of embossing
On Front: FROM MANCHESTER / ROYAL INFIRMARY
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2 (in a diamond)
The 2oz green glass one that I have found so far in row 3 of pictures is as below:
1) Variation: Standard, cork, raised panel of embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Reverse: CASH / BOOTS / CHEMISTS (on reverse sides)
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2oz
The 2oz green glass one that I have found so far in row 4 of pictures is as below:
1) Variation: Standard, cork, raised panel of embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Reverse: blank
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: GILBERTSON 2oz (in a circle)