On offer here is a Rare Opportunity to OWN a Fabulous Bottle Collection go-with.
A BARRETT'S Pure "MANDRAKE" - Sealed with Contents - 1920s Pictorial Box or Packet.
It measures: 2 3/8" or 6cm wide x 1 1/4" or 3.2cm high x 7/8" or 2.2cm deep.
To the front is the World Famous Pictorial of a 'Drake' (Duck) Body -
with the head of a Bearded 'Man' wearing a top hat.
Every face of the Box is filled with many lines of writing and interesting information.
Some of the main writing reads as follows:
JOSHUA BARRETT
Registered Number
319,004.
BARRETT'S Pure "MANDRAKE"
POWDER
For the LIVER
For Diabetis, Dyspepsia,
Indegestion, Heartburn, Gastritis,
Gall Stones, and All Chronic Liver Diseases.
Price: ONE SHILLING and THREEPENCE.
THIS "MANDRAKE" CONTAINS NO PIOSON,
IS PERFECTLY HARMLESS, and of Priceless Value.
Professor JOSHUA BARRETT, F.E.S.S.,
26, Beechfield Avenue,
Whitegate Drive
BLACKPOOL.
30 GOLD AND OTHER MEDALS AWARDED.
A REAL PICK-ME-UP.
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Also included is a Print of a Vintage 'Mandrake Liver Powder' Advert from July 1924.
Every Bottle Collector knows of the famous Barrett's Mandrake Embrocation Bottle in Dark Green & Aqua.
They are a rare Bottle to find - but this Box / Packet is So Much Rarer -
- and every bit as Desirable.
To find a Totally Original 100+ Years Old Sealed with Contents example is Incredible!
It displays and 'slots' in Superbly among Medicine or Cure Bottles - or ANY Bottles -
or obviously among ANY Original Vintage Antique Advertising Collectibles.