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596. TURLINGTONS BALSAM OF LIFE PONTILLED
MEDICINE BOTTLE. 2.4ins tall. Exquisite lead (clear)
glass, so called cello shape. Flared lip, rough base
pontil. To the front: BY/ THE/ KINGS/ ROYALL/ PATENT/
GRANTED/ TO & the rear: ROB/ TURLI/ NGTON/ FOR
HIS/ INVENTED/ BALSAM/ OF/ LIFE’, down one side:
LONDON, & the other thin side:
JANY. This early version
does not include date &
year: 26 1754 after the JANY.
Plenty of imperfections, overall
super crude, a really fabulous
example. NR. 9/10. £250-
300+
594. DALBYS GELLS & CARMINATIVE BOTTLE DUO.
Tallest 4.1ins tall. Smaller example aqua embossed very
bodly: GELLS/ DALBYS
one side, CARMINATIVE
to other. Full sheen.
Other, clear/ lead glass:
DALBYS/ CARMINATIVE
one side, to other (in
script): Prepared By/
James Dalby. Patch
of internal residue
otherwise fine. (2). NR.
9.5 & 9/10. £40-60+
595. FISHER SEAWEED
EXTRACT BOTTLE.
5ins tall. Bright green
glass, triangular body
shape, featuring an
extraordinary bulb neck,
fine flared lip. Embossed
to front panel FISHERS/
SEAWEED/ EXTRACT/
MANX SHRUB/
(raised Manx Shrub
pictorial)/ COMPANY/
ULVERSTON. To another
panel QUARRIES
PATENT vertically. YGC
embossed to base. Mint/
cellar found, a unique/
classic English medicine
bottle. NR. 9.9/10. £220-
250+
593. DAFFYS ELIXIR BOTTLE. 4.8ins tall. A
most distinctive ice blue glass, late version,
rectangular base section, facetted corners
- effectively octagonal. Really heavily &
boldly embossed TRUE/ DAFFYS/ ELIXIR to
front, DICEY/ & CO/ No10 BOW/ CHURCH/
YARD/ LONDON. On 3 shorter sides:
Unless the Name/ of DICEY &
CO, and on the opposite 3:
Over the Cork/ the Medicine is/
Counterfeit. Full sheen. Appears
to be a small bottom corner resin
repair -
displays
superbly.
NR. 8.8/10.
£60-80+
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