Other Shaped Poison Bottles
So far I have only collected one 2oz other shaped poison bottle:
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I am unsure how many other shaped poison bottles there are in total but I am guessing quite a few which will obviously come in different colours and have different closures to them.
The other shaped 2oz glass ones that I have collected so far are as below:
Pictures in row 1.
1) Shape: Triangular front with the point cut off and round back
Variation: Amber, wide-mouth, ground glass stopper, no embossed words
On Front: just ribbing
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: F. D. & Co. / 2
Pictures in row 2.
1) Shape: Octagonal, with a ridge into a round shaped shoulder
Variation: Green, standard lip, ground glass stopper
On Front: Lysoform (in fancy writing)
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2032
Pictures in row 3.
1) Shape: Six sided diamond shape
Variation: Cobalt blue cork stopper (this is an American Poison)
On Front 3 sides: Horizontal ribs with 'POISON' embossed on two outer sides
On Back: blank
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: 2 / C. L. C. Co. / PATENT APPLIED FOR
Pictures in row 4.
1) Shape: Tapered oval bottle with rolled lip, probably only a 1oz in truth
Variation: Aqua, cork closure
On Front: "INSECTICIDE" (picture of a flea) "VICAT, BREVETE, S.G.D.G"
On Shoulder: blank
On Bottom: blank
"VICAT" was Joseph Henri Vicat (1821-1901) and "Breveté Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement“ just meant "patent without government guarantees" in French. Vicat created this insecticide in a "war" against bed bugs.