Three Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Bottles with Painted Banners for Potassium Bromide, Infusion of Orange Peel & Senega Root sub-Curios Height: 7 inches (when flat)

Height: 7 inches (when flat)

vesta cases came into use around the 1830s and were produced extensively largely between 1890 and 1920

with the much loved all over rainbow striped design

A rare and eye-catching piece of fairground memorabilia

though medieval alchemists called it aqua fortis (strong water)

Three Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Bottles with Painted Banners for Potassium Bromide, Infusion of Orange Peel & Senega Root sub-Curios Height: 7 inches (when flat)Origin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1885 TR: SENEGAE: Circumference: 10 inches Height: 7. 5 inches POT: BROM: Circumference: 10 inches Height: 7. 5 inches INF. AURANT. CO. CONC: Circumference: 9. 5 inches Height: 8 inches A trio of attractive and well maintained apothecary bottles having painted banners of ebony, gold umber and claret. The labels are in differing condition but each could be described as either good