Poison Bottle - Lino Printed Cotton Fabric Patch coin after the introduction of tobacco

after the introduction of tobacco from Virginia

There is an early reference to this phrase in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

The illustration style was inspired by vintage wall charts that were found in science labs and schools in the late 19th to mid-20th century

which has been designed and printed in Devon

Poison Bottle - Lino Printed Cotton Fabric Patch coin after the introduction of tobaccoA bright organic cotton voile fabric patch hand printed with a quirky and original linocut motif of a Victorian poison bottle surrounded by mushrooms. It has been designed and printed in Devon, UK. Available in a black ink on green red patch, or a white ink on blue patch. These 'Poison Bottle' patches reference the curious and beautiful medicine or poison bottles from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which were embossed with 'poison' or 'poisonous'