Lot 308: A Collection of Late 19th and Early 20th Century Glass Apothecary Bottles and Jars

An assortment of antique glass apothecary and pharmaceutical containers, including clear and amber glass examples. The group features several large clear glass bottles with spherical ground glass stoppers, one bearing a white shield-shaped label with a red border and gilt edges reading LIQ: EXT:GLYCYR: and another reading ESS: ANISI. Two medium clear glass bottles with ground glass stoppers are labelled OL: CARYOPH: and OL: CARUI. A further clear glass bottle with a flat ground glass stopper is labelled PULV: IPECAC:.

The collection also includes smaller amber glass jars with adhesive paper labels. One features a heavily worn yellow label reading CODEINA in black serif type. Another amber jar has a dark label with a decorative geometric border reading CALCI…, and a third is partially labelled …LACT. A small clear glass jar is fitted with a turned wooden lid and cork bung. A small, square-section clear glass bottle is present without a label or stopper. The labels are a mixture of printed paper and gilt-bordered shield designs, using standard Latin pharmaceutical abbreviations. The glass displays characteristics of hand-blown and early machine-molded construction, including ground pontils or bases and ground glass necks for airtight seals.