A rare Victorian cobalt poison bottle in an irregular hexagonal shape with a flat back and Not To Be Taken down the front side. Two sides are hobnailed. 1 oz is embossed on the base. No stopper. Applied lip. This type of bottle is known at the Practical Poison Bottle or Morgan’s Type 2 Hexagonal. It has a registered design number on the back near the base: 334871 for the year 1899. The patent number was 4917.
Are you a collector of old bottles? Then this is for you!
Age: Late Victorian
Condition: Has a chip on the top with some brown marks
Height: 8.2 cm (3 ¼ in)
Max width of base: 3.5 cm (1 ⅜ in)
Inner diameter of top: 0.9 cm (⅜ in)
Weight: 41 g (1.4 oz)
Stock number: 3384
PRICE £34
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