Three Late 19thC Etched Glass Apothecary Bottles For Sulphuric & Nitric Acids sub-Antiques The silk does have some

The silk does have some tears (visible in the images)

There is some fraying to some edges providing real character and a corded rope running through the hem

with the sea and the sand and making up the other two principal blocks of colour in the picture

but their use first became widespread in 19th century Vienna

this piece uses a four-colour palette in tremendously effective form

Three Late 19thC Etched Glass Apothecary Bottles For Sulphuric & Nitric Acids sub-Antiques The silk does have someOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 6 inches Base Diameter: 2. 75 inches The trio of clear glass squat apothecary bottles having frosted necks and original stoppers, all with frosted etched labels with thick ruled borders. The condition of the bottles is excellent aside from damage and loss to one stopper. The first vessel would have bore a concentrate nitrous acid: formerly