Lot 334: Kirby London Mercuric Potassium Iodide Blue Labelled Bottle

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Sold for A$95

Labelled ribbed poison bottle. Label: Mercuric Potassium Iodide / Tablets. / gr. 8.75 / One tablet dissolved in a pint of water makes / a solution of 1 in 1000. / Poison. 1000 / Cygnet (Cygnet) Regd / H & T. Kirby & Co Ltd / Manufacturing Chemists, Willesden Green, London, Eng. Bottle is embossed on the label side: Poison with eight short indented vertical panels below the label. Rear of the bottle is embossed: Poison over eight full length indented vertical panels. Base embossed: 20. Poison Poison Applied top, tooled finish. Cobalt. 20 oz. 215 mm. 1900s

Mint. Label has some staining. There is a couple of small scratches to the surface of the glass at the front lower region. The OISO of Poison on the back shoulder is weakly embossed. A stunning bottle, in this wide mouth panelled poison type. Grade: 9.45 Estimate: $80 - 120
Kirby London Mercuric Potassium Iodide Blue Labelled Bottle
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