VINTAGE GREEN HEXAGONAL RIBBED BOTTLE – original Chemist & NHS labels
A mid 20th century 4 ounce green hexagonal poison bottle, ribbed on three sides. It still retains its original paper label from Sarson & Son Ltd Chemists for ‘The Liniment’. It also has a smaller label which states ‘National Health Service. No charge has been made for this bottle. Please clean and return to your chemist. Authorised by the Ministry of Health’. Sarson & Son Ltd of Paignton in Devon, were incorporated in 1925 and continued trading until 2014.
The lip of the bottle is moulded and it still has its original cork stopper. It is not embossed 4 ounces however it has the same dimensions as marked 4 ounce bottles.
Condition: Good, no chips, foxing to the labels, the smaller NHS label has a torn corner. Some slight remains of contents sticking to the internal surface of the bottle and around the lip and cork.
Age: circa 1950’s
Height: 13.9 cm (5 ½ in)
Max width: 4.9 cm (1 ⅞ in)
Weight: 141 g (5 oz)
Stock number: 4845
PRICE £49
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