A Decorative Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Poison Bottle for Sub-Chloride of Mercury sub-Antiques Clouded Buff

Clouded Buff

There is therefore rusting and marking to the face and wear to the paint

the two flanks still bear the original black painted drop handles and the piece is in good structural order

(possibly form a Stag set) the reverse now has fixings and a string rope for wall mounting

A rather ghoulish and macabre way to eat ones brazils whether it’s Halloween

A Decorative Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Poison Bottle for Sub-Chloride of Mercury sub-Antiques Clouded BuffOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Base Diameter: 3. 25 inches Height: 7. 5 inches The clear glass bottle with frosted neck and square cut glass stopper with two applied labels, HYDRARG. SUBCHLOR. (Hydrargyri Subchloridum) and POISON. These labels we think were applied at different stages of the bottles life, the upper being slightly later. The neck has a chipped crack to it but the rest of the whole is