Lot 291: Six Antique Glass Apothecary Bottles

Six clear glass pharmaceutical or apothecary bottles of varying sizes, all featuring ground glass necks and matching glass stoppers. The collection includes a large bottle with a rectangular paper label printed in black ink with decorative borders, reading Old English Lavender Water, WILLIAMSON & HOGG, Manufacturing Chemists, NORTH SHIELDS. Est. 1883. It also bears a handwritten price of 1/2. A second large bottle has a rectangular paper label with a red and gold border reading SOL: SODII: SALICYL: in bold black text. Two medium-sized bottles feature narrow horizontal adhesive labels with a dark brown ground and gold borders; one reads INF. CALUMB. CONC. and the other INF. SENEGAE CONC. Another medium bottle has a rectangular paper label with a red and black border reading TR: CAPS. The final medium bottle features an adhesive brown paper label printed CAPSULES OF HALIBUT LIVER OIL (B.P.) 4,500 i.u. Vitamin A 450 i.u. Vitamin D, with a secondary rectangular pricing label below listing quantities and prices such as 500 – 13/6 and 100 – 3/-. The stoppers vary in form, with four featuring disc-shaped tops and two having faceted peg-style tops.