J. Brothers Chemist and Druggist Opium Bottle

[diggummup]

Found this at the same estate sale as the Sputum collector. Looks like a test tube. I've never seen one like it. Has anyone else? Do you think the label is original to the piece?

 

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[jeff of pa]

Nice ! I hope it's real

 

[epackage]

These are normally colognes/perfumes, I think the label was a later addition or added to help raise the price...

Antique Peacock Blue Labeled Perfume or Cologne Bottle 8¼? Circa 1870 1890 67 25 | eBay

 

[diggummup]

Thanks epackage. I was kind of leaning that way myself since I couldn't find any similar examples like this one other than the perfumes. So... real bottle, real label, but a marriage. I still like it.

 

[gleaner1]

To me it just looks like a really old apothecary's tube that could have been filled and labeled with a thousand different things. Cobalt has been associated with poisonous material for centuries so the label is viable, if not genuine. diggummup how tall is it? How big around? Is there any evidence of any type of pontil at the base? epackage the example you show is a blown-in-mold bottle, tall and thin, as seen in the toilet waters and similar pieces in the latter 1800s. diggummups vial is too old and thin and fragile and wont stand upright as a cologne/perfume/toilet water bottle would.

 

[diggummup]

Update- Here is one that just sold for $179.50 so somebody knows something I think. Poison Cobalt Blue Opium Bottle J Brothers Chemists and Druggists | eBay

 

[jeff of pa]

yep the fact there is another with the same label tells me it's real

 

[Oradden]

Or the person that added the new label got to that piece of glass as well

 

[jeff of pa]

Or the person that added the new label got to that piece of glass as well

True LOL

could have been someone making Fantasy pieces.
But if that's the case someone got hosed royally

 

[gleaner1]

179 bucks just goes to prove you get top dollar on ebay.

 

[diggummup]

I just noticed the one that sold appears to be squared on the edges.

 

[Oradden]

Maybe your's is a fake O_O

 

[diggummup]

Maybe your's is a fake O_O

Or maybe the one that just sold is. Or maybe both or neither?
The one that sold had 13 different bidders with 22 bids.

 

[diggummup]

I sold it on ebay. It only went for $50.99. Darn thing had 27 watchers and only 2 bids, go figure.