A Decorative Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Poison Bottle for Sub-Chloride of Mercury sub-Curios Benedict ate three thousand insects

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A Decorative Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Poison Bottle for Sub-Chloride of Mercury sub-Curios Benedict ate three thousand insectsOrigin: 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