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Bottle of medicinal water from temple of Asklepios at Athens

1930

Rectangular storage bottle

1700-1850

Rectangular storage bottle

1700-1850

Rectangular storage bottle

1700-1850

Bottle of medicinal water from the Greek baths at Possuoli, Italy, 1920-1935

Medicinal water from the Greek baths at Possuoli

1920-1935

Bottle of water from Tabarka(?), Tunisia, collected by Capt. Saint, 1930

Bottle of water from Tunisia

1920-1930

Square storage bottle, aqua glass, empty, possibly Spanish, 18th-19th century

Square storage bottle

1700-1850

Winchester poison storage bottle, aqua glass, with contents, no label, English, late 19th-early 20th century

Winchester poison storage bottle

1890-1930

Bottle for Ford's balsam, empty

Bottle for Ford's balsam

Square dispensing bottle, aqua glass, with contents, for compound thymol solution, English, 1890-1940

Square dispensing bottle

1890-1940

Bottle, aqua glass, with contents, for bismuth and magnesia lozenges, English, late 19th-early 20th century

Bottle, aqua glass

Essence bottle, French, 17th or 18th centuries

Essence bottle, French, 17th or 18th centuries

1601-1800

Clear glass, circle based, ribbed bottle with cork stopper and paper label. Containing a trace amount of syrup of codeine phosphate BPC.

bottle; controlled drug; codeine

1860-1900

Bottle, aqua glass, with contents, for guaiacum and sulphur lozenges, English, late 19th-early 20th century. Guaiacum and sulphur lozenges were taken to relieve chronic pharyngitis.

Bottle of guaiacum and sulphur lozenges

1880-1930

Poison bottle, aqua glass, trace content, for cayenne preparation (label partly illegible) , English, 1860-1900, supplied by Savory & Moore Ltd., London

Poison bottle containing a trace of cayenne preparation

1860-1900