Here\'s a very rare early porcelain or ceramic devil skull cork screw/bottle topper for poison bottles.This skull corkscrew would have been screwed into the cork stopper of a poison bottle to warn users of the dangerous or deadly contents inside the bottle.The red porcelain or ceramic skull has horns and is embossedH R D Swith skull & crossbones on back of the skull.....1 5/8\"tall counting the steel corkscrew....Original patina and has a small nick on the horn/ear.Online research on this Devil Skull corkscrew revealed a picture of an original box that this skull corkscrew came in. The box was labeled \"Hall\'s Red Devil Poison Bottle Indicator....Hall Red Devil Skull Co. Danville, Ill.\" That is what the H R D S stands for that is embeded on the Devil Skull.