on Jun 5, 2015
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Sometimes the prints don't come out so good and other times they print real nice! The ink I'm using is old and thick, made in 1976
The skull-and-crossbone symbol in origin depicts the typical arrangement of skulls and humeri in ossuaries, as in the depicted example from Sedlec (Czech Republic)
An early 17th century "plague panel" from Augsburg
By the 15th century, the symbol had developed into its familiar form
The use of the symbol to mark poison dates to the 19th century
The skull and crossbones symbol appears to have been used for that purpose since the 1850s
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