OLD OPIUM NARCOTIC PATENT MED BOTTLE. DR SETH ARNOLDS BALSAM LABEL & TESTIMONY

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HISTORY OF THIS BOTTLE IS SOMEONE WAS REMODELING AN OLD HOUSE AND FOUND HIDDEN IN WALL 3 ANTIQUE LABELED AND EMBOSSED OPIUM BOTTLES. BACK IN THE NOSTRUM DAYS PEOPLE WERE HIDING THEIR ADDICTIONS BY STASHING THE EVIDENCE IN THEIR HOUSES OUT OF EMBARRASSMENT. UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ONE ANTIQUE OPIUM NARCOTIC NOSTRUM MORBUS COLIC AND DYSENTERY REMEDY BOTTLE. LEFT SIDE EMBOSSED DR SETH ARNOLD’S. THIS ONE COMES WITH AN ADDITIONAL TESTIMONIAL. FRONT HAS 100% LABEL READING Two grains Opium to the fluid ounce. Alcoholic strength 50%. In diarrhea and dysentery doses for adults and children. John Gilman agent Boston Mass. FRONT SHOULDER EMBOSSED 1 1/2 OZ. RIGHT SIDE EMBOSSED BALSAM. HAS TRACES OF CONTENTS INSIDE. BOTTLE MADE OF CLEAR GLASS WITH SOME BUBBLES at 5 1/4” TALL. LIP IS CORKED. BASE HAS A COOL MOLD FLAW LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN THE MOLD AND DID NOT ALLOW THE GLASS TO FILL THAT AREA. NO DAMAGES. I HAVE 3 OF THESE AVAILABLE. I DO COMBINE MULTIPLE ITEMS IN SAME BOX TO SAVE ON SHIPPING COSTS. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS.