Whitall Tatum & Co. Poison Bottles

Unfortunately so far I have only managed to collect one 2oz WT & Co. Poison:

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Whitall Tatum & Co.'s Diamond Lattice Poison is an American poison bottle.  They are quite difficult to get hold of.  They vary in size from 1/2 oz to 16oz.  They are nearly always in cobalt blue although there are rare examples in olive green and colourless 'flint' glass.  They are renowned for their unique stoppers which have "POISON" embossed 3 times on them.  The front is completely diamond lattice and the back has a space for the label in the middle otherwise is diamond lattice as well.  The stopper is a combination of cork and glass.

I am unsure what the US Patent no. is but the bottle dates from as early as 1872 and were in their catalogue of 1874.

The wording on the bottle above is as follows:

Version:  Normal version with no studs on curved back pane, cork.

Front:  No wording just diamond lattice work

Back:  No wording just diamond lattice work and space for a label in between

Bottom:  W. T. & Co. / 2

Stopper:  'POISON' embossed on both sides and top