Three Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Bottles with Painted Banners to include one Oleum example for Savin Oil & two for Bismuth sub-Antiques A remarkable piece of advertising

A remarkable piece of advertising history

The condition is good to fine aside from some stain to the more vulnerable fabric border

The paint stain is original to the piece and has worn commensurate with age and usage

but by 1674

it is a white crystalline solid of formula Na2SO4 known as the mineral thenardite

Three Late 19thC Glass Apothecary Bottles with Painted Banners to include one Oleum example for Savin Oil & two for Bismuth sub-Antiques A remarkable piece of advertisingOrigin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1875 for the Oluem bottle & c. 1890 for the Bismuth pair BISM: SUBNIT: Circumference: 9. 5 inches Height: 7. 5 inches OL: SABIN with pourer & cleft Circumference: 9. 5 inches Height: 8. 5 inches MIST. BISMUTH CO Circumference: 9. 5 inches Height: 7. 5 inches A delightful trio of bottles of good order, all having beautifully painted gold banners with black lettering and red