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

The paper of the banana shows some staining

otherwise very good antique condition

but photos give a fairly good sense

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

While I have not done extensive research

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