A Decorative Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Poison Bottle for Sub-Chloride of Mercury sub-Antiques (possibly form a Stag set)

(possibly form a Stag set) the reverse now has fixings and a string rope for wall mounting

this trunk is simply an exceptionally rare and significant item in the history of the British Empire

Also known as a fist

With flagpole attachments

this is a wonderfully absorbing and enduringly romantic example of an algologists’ collection from the depths of the nineteenth century

A Decorative Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Poison Bottle for Sub-Chloride of Mercury sub-Antiques (possibly form a Stag set)Origin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Base Diameter: 3. 25 inches Height: 7. 5 inches The clear glass bottle with frosted neck and square cut glass stopper with two applied labels, HYDRARG. SUBCHLOR. (Hydrargyri Subchloridum) and POISON. These labels we think were applied at different stages of the bottles life, the upper being slightly later. The neck has a chipped crack to it but the rest of the whole is