My Berkshire Stone Ginger Beer Collection

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)

 

 

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