More Cork Tops and my first Poison Bottle

[fldwlkr]

It's been awhile since I have found anything worth sharing but today I stumbled on a couple cool bottles. The gravel bars I was hoping to hunt artifacts in were covered with leaves and didn't give up any flint. Before heading back to the truck, I thought I'd check a glass pile I've been neglecting. The water and weather usually expose a few for me if I wait long enough... guess I waited long enough.

The Furst-McNess has a hand tooled lip, making it the oldest of the three. The bumpy poison bottle had me hoping it was intact the moment I spotted it. It is a Vapo - Cresolene Co. bottle from 1940 and is the first poison bottle in my collection.
No points but some cool glass for the display,
fldwlkr

[Scorpion68]

Hey FW - those are a nice addition to any collection. Don't see anything like them anymore. I remember seeing them all over the place when I was a kid.

[Broken Arrow]

Out of curiosity..how can you tell it was a poison bottle? Is it something to do with the glass design or did you find that out by looking up the bottle?

[Kentucky point]

Back in the really old days, before electricity, people would take their medicines by candlelight. For folks with bad eyesight, well... lets say it was difficult. Also for kids who didn't know any better, and adults who couldn't read. So if you felt around for your meds in a dark cabinet, the bumps would tell you POISON not ADVIL.

[2ndoldman]

Very cool bottles Tim.

[fldwlkr]

Thanks guys. The Furst-McNess Company continues to make products over in Illinois. They have been at it for over 100 years. BrokenArrow, poison bottles had bumps or dimples all over them so you would know what you had in your hand just by touching it. They were often Cobalt blue. Vapo-Cresolene was burned in oil lamps to kill germs in "sick rooms". The bottle has a 1794 patent date on it that Ebay schmucks use to say the bottle is an antique. This one has an Owens/Illinois mark and a 1940 date code on the base so it is 20 or 30 years newer than the Furst-McNess bottle. They are of little monetary value but are fun to research and collect.
Good Luck out there,
fldwlkr

[Broken Arrow]

That is quite interesting. I know of an old bottle dump that is just littered with blue glass. I'll have to try to make it back there someday soon.

[redrocks]

Hey field walker that was a good day man ..those bottles are cool

[scwalker]

Good finds, the only one that i've ever found is amber. I'll try and locate and post a pic of it.

[Kentucky point]

Very nice! My dad and I have found a few Furst-Mcness bottles. They began in 1909 btw. That poison bottle is awesome! Keep looking!

[Havenhunter]

Very nice finds! For me, finding an old bottle is almost as exciting as finding an arrowhead! History in a bottle!

[Sugaree]

Congratulations fldwlkr love the poison bottle!