Poison Bottles

Bottles for containing poisonous chemical were usually distinguished from others by colour, usually blue or green, and by touch -with ridges and different shapes.

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Poison round

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A poison round bottle with both colour and touch differences. It has one of Richard Christopher’s printed labels saying that it was meant for containing liquid ammonia.

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Blue hexagonal poison bottle Green flat-sided poison bottle

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