Historical information

The raised dots texture of this bottle clearly distinguishes the bottle as a poison. Poison bottles were often brown.

Significance

Australia was not self sufficient in glass making until the turn of the 20th century and many bottles were made overseas and shipped to Australia with their contents and when emptied were re-filled with other company’s products.

This bottle has an aesthetic element in that the shapes, colour and texture are visually appealing. They reflect the type of glassware used for poisonous contents that was in circulation in the first half of the 20th century.

Physical description

A brown glass bottle with angled sides and raised dimples on two sides. One side has "NOT TO BE TAKEN". It has a screw thread.

Inscriptions & markings

On base -M
On side NOT TO BE TAKEN