Glassies, Is this a poison bottle. ?

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Stands 6 inches high, hexagonal with a ridged pattern on 3 panels and the other 3 are smooth.
    Has a #4 on the base and what appears to be two footed arrows facing each other.

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    daveydempsey, Mar 21, 2018
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  2. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I think regular bottle smooth sides for the label. Poison bottles usually had small nobs like hobnails on one or two sides so you did not grab the wrong bottle during the night.
    greg
     
    gregsglass, Mar 21, 2018
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    daveydempsey, Mar 21, 2018
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  4. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi Davey,
    Again I wish that Don was still with us, he and I used to exchange poison bottles here in the US. Perhaps it was different in the UK but the ones in the US all had different sets of "nibs" on the bottles so people did not take them in the dark. If they were different in Europe I would not really know but here in the US they were usually marked. Sorry to disagree but I really am only to go by what we have been told here in the US. I am sorry if I made an error.
    greg
     
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  5. daveydempsey

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    No apologies necessary Greg, they might be different over here, I know zilch about glass so someone else might chip in, its still early :D
     
    daveydempsey, Mar 21, 2018
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  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Poison bottle and absolutely typical of British ones. That's probably liniment. I've not seen any US ones, that I know of.
     
    Ownedbybear, Mar 21, 2018
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  7. daveydempsey

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    Thanks Bear
     
    daveydempsey, Mar 21, 2018
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Most welcome.
     
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