Jalap was a powerful plant-based purgative (Ipomoea purga) and could be slipped into a bottle like these without the prospective buyer knowing … until a bit later.
Toronto Public Library
Touch of antiquity: The Bottles And Crowns exhibit; devoted to the history of the soft drink industry will feature some of the 1;000 different bottle stoppers patented in the last century and older-style soft drinks bottles.
Innell, Reg
Picture, 1981, English
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Leslieville Historical Society 