Green Rectangular Poison Bottles
There are quite a few variations on the 2oz green 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 green glass ones that I have found so far (from left to right in picture 1) are as below:
1) Variation: Deep green, standard, cork, embossing on panel
On Front: POISON / NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2oz
2) Variation: Emerald green, standard, cork, embossing on panel
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: blank
note: very unusual zig zag profile ribbing on the above bottle
3) Variation: Green, standard , cork, raised embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2
4) Variation: Green, rounded lip, cork, sunken embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2oz / 5628
5) Variation: Green, standard lip, cork, raised embossing
On Front: POISON / NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2oz
6) Variation: Light green, standard lip, cork, sunken embossing
On Front: NOT TO BE TAKEN
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2oz
The 2oz green glass one that I have found so far (in picture 2) is as below:
1) Variation: Green, standard, cork, embossing on panel
On Front: FRANK A. ROGERS / 1 BEAUMONT ST. W.1.
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2