My Berkshire Stone Ginger Beer Collection

Oval Poison Bottles

 

There are various colours and brands of 2oz oval poison bottles:

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I am unsure how different examples of oval poisons 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, or other.

 

The oval 2oz glass ones that I have found so far in the first photos (from left to right) are as below:

 

 1)  Variation:  Amber, cork, ribs between lines of writing

      On Front:  DESERT SPOONS / BOTTLED BY JEYES / TABLE SPOONS

      On Shoulder:  blank

      On Bottom:  16110 ??

2)  Variation:  Green, cork, sunken panel of embossing, ribs outside the panel

     On Front:  BOOTS THE / CHEMISTS

     On Shoulder:  blank

     On Bottom:  R or possibly B ??

3)  Variation:  Aqua, standard lip, cork, raised panel of embossing

     On Front:  POISONOUS

     On Shoulder:  NOT TO BE TAKEN

     On Bottom:  2oz

4)  Variation:  Aqua, ground glass stopper, raised panel of embossing, no ribbing

     On Front:  CALVERT'S / CARBOLIC / ACID

     On Shoulder:  blank

     On Bottom:  strange irregular hexagon, split into 3 panels with indistiguishable letters or numbers in each

The oval 2oz glass one that I have found so far in the second photo is as below:

 

 1)  Variation:  Greeny Aqua - almost light green, cork, ribs between lines of writing

      On Front:  SANO-BOLIC / DISINFECTANT

      On Shoulder:  blank

      On Bottom:  66 S

 

 

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