Found Yesterday, Poison

[undertaker]

Found this cool poison bottle yesterday in a antique shop in NY. Don't know anything about poison bottles but I liked the skull and crossbones embossing. I thought it was priced very low so I picked it up. I thought the antidote description was interesting. I will try to research it more today.

 

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[vpnavy]

Until someone pipes in - I searched Google and found (with a description) this...

THE SO CALLED SMILING SCULL POISON FROM SHARPE AND DOHME CO.
AVAILABLE IN BOTH BLOWN IN MOLD AND MACHINE MADE VARIANTS

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[digging440yrs]

Nice blue poison--I would of bought it to. Trivia for you---a lot of people could not read in the early years, but knew the skull and cross bones was poison---this why poison bottles were embossed with the skull and cross bones---nice find ------p.s. also helped the blind

 

[kingskid1611]

That is cool and it fits your name....

 

[Blak bart]

Very nice always wanted one like that. Cool find

 

[Bass]

Nice purchase undertaker. There is a website that lists all the poisons and values.

 

[sandchip]

Great score!

 

[jadocs]

Super cool

 

[epackage]

If you paid less than $100 you'll never lose money on it thanks to the labels IMHO....

 

[undertaker]

I was shocked when I saw the marked price of $58.00. Not custom to poison bottles I first thought it might be a repro. After a close look I realized it was a original. With discount at checkout walked out the door paying $55.00.

 

[Itsmine]

More trivia fact about poisons... Color and raised embossing. If you were reaching into a cabinet that was dark, the embossing (raised ribs or dots, including skull and crossbones like this one), would be the tip off you had the wrong bottle. Also poisons are some of the most colorful of all the bottles, for exactly the same reason. You didn't want them blending in with a aqua med bottle...... This will give you an idea of all the different sizes and types and textures....... https://www.google.com/search?q=Ant...qKiKrTAhVkrlQKHeggDgYQsAQILw&biw=1137&bih=751

 

[jadocs]

Very neat!