Witches

The Witch in a Bottle

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

A silver bottle said to hold a witch, with a warning never to open it.

In 1915 a small silver bottle was given to the Pitt Rivers Museum by a lady from Sussex. She said an old woman had told her it contained a witch, and that great trouble would follow if it were ever opened.

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When: Given 1915
Where: 51.7580, -1.2550
Group: Witches & witch trials

Visiting

The Pitt Rivers Museum is free and open daily, except Mondays.

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