Sold for A$75
Labelled ribbed poison bottle. Label: Mercuric Potassium Iodide / Tablets. / gr. 8.75 / One tablet dissolved in a pint of water makes / a solution of 1 in 1000. / Poison. 1000 / Cygnet (Cygnet) Regd / H & T. Kirby & Co Ltd / Manufacturing Chemists, Willesden Green, London, Eng. Bottle is embossed on the label side: Poison with eight short indented vertical panels below the label. Rear of the bottle is embossed: Poison over eight full length indented vertical panels. Base embossed: 20. (United Kingdom). Poison. Cobalt. Applied top, tooled finish. Cobalt. 20 oz. 217 mm. 1900s
Mint. (9.5). Label has some staining. There is a couple of small scratches to the surface of the glass at the front lower region. The OISO of Poison on the back shoulder is weakly embossed. A stunning bottle, in this wide mouth panelled poison type. We sold this bottle way back in Auction 6, since then the label has faded a bit more and this now has some dust and grime which will need to be cleaned off. Estimate: $75-100
