Set of 10 Vintage German Laboratory & Apothecary Glass Bottles, Pair of Large Clear Flasks with Stoppers + 8 Amber Pharmacy Bottles

Step into the wonderfully obsessive world of the vintage chemistry lab, where every potion had its perfect vessel. This is a glorious ensemble of German laboratory and apothecary glass: a pair of generous large bottles, each with its original chunky ground-glass stopper, joined by eight petite amber pharmacy bottles that look like a little congregation of apothecary acolytes. One of the big bottles still wears its embossed warning, Schwefelsaeure roh arsenfrei, while its companion proudly displays a wonderfully aged paper label reading LIQ. AMON. CAUST. TRIPL. It is industrial poetry, the sort of thing that makes a shelf instantly more interesting and faintly mysterious.

The amber bottles glow like bottled honey when the light catches them, and the clear giants have that lovely hand-finished heft you simply do not get from anything made today. Together they tell a story of careful measurement, curious experiments, and the quiet romance of old science. No lab coat required, though we will not stop you.

Styling & Collectors Inspiration

This set is a born scene-stealer for the industrial-meets-curiosity-cabinet look. Cluster the amber bottles along a kitchen shelf or a bathroom windowsill where the light can play through them, and let the two big clear flasks anchor a console or a writing desk as sculptural conversation pieces. They have a natural kinship with other handcrafted glass and apothecary-adjacent finds.

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• Bring sculptural metal contrast with our Hand-Forged Iron Candle Holder.

Browse the full curated cabinet of curiosities over at our complete collection.

Details

• A decorative set of vintage German laboratory and apothecary glass bottles.
• Includes a pair of large clear bottles with original ground-glass stoppers, plus eight small amber pharmacy bottles.
• One large bottle embossed Schwefelsaeure roh arsenfrei; the other with an original aged paper label LIQ. AMON. CAUST. TRIPL.
• Large bottles: 33.5 cm tall, 17 cm wide at the widest point, opening 8 cm diameter, base 17 cm diameter.
• Small amber bottles: 19 cm tall, 8 cm wide at the widest point, opening 5 cm diameter, base 8 cm diameter.
• Origin: Germany, vintage.
• Materials: clear and amber laboratory glass with ground-glass and stopper closures.
• Wonderful patina and authentic period character throughout.

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