9 poison bottles of varying size

9 poison bottles of varying size, shape, colour, content and provenance, 1860-1920

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Parts

Brown octagonal bottle containing brown resinous deposit

Brown octagonal bottle containing brown resinous deposit

Brown octagonal bottle containing brown resinous deposit, English (Belladonna Liniment).

Object Number:
A654539 Pt1
type:
poison bottle
Blue rectangular bottle

Blue rectangular bottle

Blue rectangular bottle with fluted back and sides containing solid deposit (Fowlers solution of arsenic).

Object Number:
A654539 Pt2
type:
poison bottle
Flat blue rectangular bottle containing some powder (unidentified drug)

Flat blue rectangular bottle containing some powder (unidentified drug)

Flat blue rectangular bottle containing some powder (unidentified drug).

Object Number:
A654539 Pt3
type:
poison bottle
Hexagonal blue bottle with 2 sides fluted

Hexagonal blue bottle with 2 sides fluted

Hexagonal blue bottle with 2 sides fluted, containing some powder (drug unidentified).

'Not to be taken' moulded down one side, and '2 oz' moulded on base.

Object Number:
A654539 Pt4
type:
poison bottle
Blue hexagonal bottle with 3 ribbed sides

Blue hexagonal bottle with 3 ribbed sides

Blue hexagonal bottle with 3 ribbed sides, empty, for unidentified drug. Illegible indian script.

Object Number:
A654539 Pt5
type:
poison bottle
Clear cylindrical bottle with some brown deposit (Nux Vomica Tincture)

Clear cylindrical bottle with some brown deposit (Nux Vomica Tincture)

Clear cylindrical bottle with some brown deposit (Nux Vomica Tincture).

Object Number:
A654539 Pt6
type:
poison bottle
Glass cylindrical bottle with cork stopper, contains tincture of opium

Glass cylindrical bottle with cork stopper, contains tincture of opium

Clear glass cylindrical bottle with cork stopper, covered in leather, and 2 paper labels on the front. Contains tincture of opium.

Object Number:
A654539 Pt7
type:
bottle and opium
Octagonal blue bottle

Octagonal blue bottle

Octagonal blue bottle, label illegible, unidentified drug.

Object Number:
A654539 Pt8
type:
poison bottle