19th Century Hand-blown Large "Ferri Subcarb" Apothecary Jar tail smallest 5 3/4" x 3

smallest 5 3/4" x 3 3/8"

just lovely and lovingly made from heads to toes

constructed of cigar box wood

though why the tread on the bottom I'm not sure either

But even if not venturing to try to solve it

19th Century Hand-blown Large "Ferri Subcarb" Apothecary Jar tail smallest 5 3/4" x 3One comes across a fair number of old apothecary jars, but one also comes to realize not all old apothecary jars are the same! This one, which my photos don't do justice, I believe dates to the early to mid 19th centuryhand blown, with a huge pontil on the underside and a fabulously irregular form, especially wavy around the top. Then this beautiful gold ferri subcarb label with fraktur style lettering, and some of the powder substance still inside an