Functional object

Historical information

The bottle was used to store poisonous substances by the medical staff at the former Sunbury Asylum.

Significance

Brown bottles were used to store poisonous substances as a way of distinguishing them from medicines.

Physical description

A small round brown bottle with a black plastic screw top with lines down two sections of the bottle.

Inscriptions & markings

POISON/NOT TO BE TAKEN

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