Posted 5 years ago
vintagelamp
(1100 items)
Found these at an antique fair today. Will look great in my Sherlock Holmes room.
The ancient uses for Belladonna/ Deadly Nightshade are interesting...
From the internet:
During the Middle Ages, a beauty tonic made from the leaves and berries of the Deadly Nightshade was used by Venetian women to redden the pigment of their skin for a blush-like appearance.
The beauty tonic was also used to dilate women’s pupils, a look and practice that was seen as fashionable at the time. It’s from this popularity as a cosmetic that the Deadly Nightshade established its formal name, Atropa Belladonna, meaning “Beautiful Lady” in Italian.
Great apothecary jars, love the old fashioned print. Those Venetian women were brave, isn't belladonna/nightshade poisonous
Newfld,
TY! Yes, very poisonous. Many met their end being poisoned by nightshade.
What?! A Sherlock Holmes room? I want to see it but! I don't know if I dare to have tea there with all that poison around.... :)
That will be the day when you share some photos from that room.
Elisabethan,
Yes, a combination Sherlock Holmes/ Gothic/ Weird room. I will share photos when completed.