Lot 263: A Collection of Emerald Green Ribbed Glass Apothecary Poison Bottles

A collection of emerald green glass apothecary bottles and jars, primarily of rectangular and cylindrical form featuring characteristic vertical poison ribbing. The group includes two rectangular bottles with rounded corners and ribbing to three sides, lacking stoppers. A cylindrical jar with ribbing to the lower half is fitted with a ground glass stopper and bears a red paper label with a gold border reading HYD: OXID: RUB: for red mercuric oxide. A tall rectangular bottle with ribbing to the narrow sides and a ground glass stopper features white lettering to the front reading TR. HYOSCY. B.P. for tincture of henbane. A smaller rectangular bottle with a ground glass stopper bears a paper label reading TINCTURE OF IODINE NOT TO BE TAKEN by WILLIAMSON AND HOGG LTD CHEMISTS, NORTH SHIELDS. A cylindrical bottle is fitted with a cork stopper and bears a red paper label reading BARBITONUM B.P. (BARBITONE) SYN.—BARBITAL. POISON. DOSES. Imperial 5 to 10 Grains. by DUNCAN, FLOCKHART AND Co. EDINBURGH AND LONDON. Several bottles contain original liquid or powdered residues.