Handblown Antique Apothecary Bottle Full of Soluble Blue Pigment cache pot The paper of the banana

The paper of the banana shows some staining

that dress

though I’d be wary of putting much weight on it

Very nicely aged

This one is missing one card--the seven of clubs--but more than makes up for it I think with the unusual Jack of Hearts

Handblown Antique Apothecary Bottle Full of Soluble Blue Pigment cache pot The paper of the bananaI've found this bottle near impossible to photograph, but the inset detail in the first image gives a sense of the fantastic blue powder inside, which I take to be Soluble (Prussian) Blue. While most definitely a glorious pigment to use for painting or dying (I dissolved a bit in water and it produces beautiful color), I have a notion housed as it is in an antique handblown apothecary bottle that it may have been used for medical purposes; from what I