A Fine Pair of c.1870s Glass Apothecary Bottles for Bismuth & Potassium sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and aside from a tiny

and aside from a tiny little snag on one handle

Ready to display the sign is in good overall condition though with some areas of rust to the edges and one very small spot to the center

which is more clearly defined

There are red painted numbers to most giving us the impression they were either used in a travelling show capacity or perhaps rented on the beachfront or seaside

Condition wise there is a rear flank six-inch section of the frieze that is a later replacement and the frieze as a whole has some mouldings that are later and some losses

A Fine Pair of c.1870s Glass Apothecary Bottles for Bismuth & Potassium sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles and aside from a tinyOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Wilfred Harris M. P. S. Dispensing Chemist, Bournemouth, UK Date: c. 1870 Base Diameter: 3 inches Height: 8 inches (each) The large clear glass bottles having the original multi faceted cut stoppers with shield shaped painted labels in black lettering on a gold leaf ground the Latin reading BISMUTH TROCH and POT: CHLOR TROCH both with frosted necks and surviving from the third quarter of