Those huge shaped bottles in chemists' windows filled with coloured water? What was their origin and what did they signify?
2007-05-27 04:16:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
In the old days before factory production the chemist would have to mix up their own medicines and potions. The two bottles would have a different solution in each that the chemist had made themselves. They would display the bottles in the windows to show that they were capable to making a potion that would remain the same. A bad potion would presumably not stay clear or the same colour.
2007-05-27 04:27:15 · answer #1 · answered by purplepeace59 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is they signified medicine. They were huge to attract attention may be? I went in to a shop the other day and I said to the shopkeep can I have a wasp please. He said we don't sell wasps here. I said well you've got one in the window.
2007-05-27 04:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pharmacists used to make their own medicine in large bottles. These were suppose to represent them.
2007-05-27 04:38:39 · answer #3 · answered by Bunny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i remember them,Its called advertising.
2007-05-27 04:22:12 · answer #4 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes I do in some older shops they still have them
potions i guess
2007-05-27 04:28:59 · answer #5 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every store shows what it sells in it's windwos.
2007-05-27 04:20:24 · answer #6 · answered by janicajayne 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋