My Berkshire Stone Ginger Beer Collection

Kilner Type Round Poison Bottles

 

There are even variations on the Kilner type 2oz poison bottles:

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Kilner Bros type patent poison bottles are a reasonably common poison bottle.  They appear to come in mainly blue and less often in amber and aqua.  The bottles vary widely in diameter width and height even for the same fl. oz. size bottles.  Not all have the name KILNER on them and therefore it is difficult to establish whether they are actually made by Kilner Bros.  Some are wide-mouth and some are Corbyn type lips.  Later examples often have UGB on the bottom standing for "UNITED GLASS BLOWERS" often also with numbers beginning 102XX these are still probably Kilner Bros bottles.  The pictures above show a good example of the variations in the 2oz bottles. 

 

Patent no.'s vary from 559926-31 and dated from 1910.

 

The wording on the bottle above is as follows:

 

1)  Variation:  Cobalt blue, Corbyn type lip, ground glass stopper (missing)

     On Front:  POISON above ribs on shoulder

     On Back:  POISON above label space on shoulder

     On Bottom: 2oz

2)  Variation:  Cobalt blue, Wide-mouth type, cork

     On Front:  POISON above ribs on shoulder, KILNER BROS LTD MAKERS below ribs

     On Back:  POISON above label space and ribs

     On Bottom: 10218

3)  Variation:  Cobalt blue, Wide-mouth type, cork

     On Front:  POISON above ribs on shoulder

     On Back:  POISON above label space

     On Bottom: blank

4)  Variation:  Amber, Corbyn type lip, later machine made 2 piece mould (not 3), ground glass stopper

     On Front:  POISON above ribs on shoulder

     On Back:  POISON abover label space and ribs

     On Bottom: 10268 / 2 / UGB

 

The wording on the bottle in the second pictures above is as follows:

 

1)  Variation:  Aqua, Corbyn type lip, ground glass stopper

     On Front:  POISON above ribs on shoulder

     On Back:  POISON above label space on shoulder, with ribs below label space

     On Bottom: 2

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