My Berkshire Stone Ginger Beer Collection

Other Hexagonal Poison Bottles

 

 

1) Amber Hexagonal Poisons

 

There don't appear to be many variations on the amber 2oz 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 amber glass one that I have found so far is as below:

 

 1)  Variation:  Standard, ground glass stopper, raised panel of embossing

      On Front:  NOT TO BE TAKEN

      On Shoulder:  blank

      On Bottom:  2oz

 

 

2) Long Neck Poisons

 

Often referred to as 'Scottish' Long Neck Poisons - these are only approximately 2oz in size:

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These bottles are often referred to as 'Scottish' long neck poisons as many of them were indeed produced in Scotland.  They are sometimes also referred to as sauce type poisons.  They are always have shear lips and only come in 2 sizes.  The smallest is approximately equivalent to 2oz or perhaps slightly smaller.  They come in colours of aqua, greeny amber and cobalt blue only.

 

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

 

 1)  Variation:  Standard shear lip, raised panel of embossing, cobalt blue

      On Front:  POISONOUS / NOT TO BE TAKEN

      On Shoulder:  blank

      On Bottom:  blank

2)  Variation:  Standard shear lip, raised panel of embossing, aqua

      On Front:  POISONOUS / NOT TO BE TAKEN

      On Shoulder:  blank

      On Bottom:  blank

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