BOTTLE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SELTZER BOTTLE
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- GLASS, WIRE, NICKEL PLATE
- Catalogue Number
- P19683435000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SELTZER BOTTLE
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- GLASS, WIRE, NICKEL PLATE
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 34.3
- Diameter
- 10.2
- Description
- SPARKLETS LTD. MAKERS LONDON ON TOP OF TAP. "READ THIS - IMPORTANT. DO NOT FILL THE BOTTLE ABOVE THE RED LINE" AND "C SIZE" AND "ADMIT GAS SLOWLY AND SHAKE VIGOROUSLY 22" ON BOTTLE NECK. PAPER LBEL ON BASE "NEVER FILL THIS SIPHON ABOVE RED LINE - IMPORTANT DO NOT U... STAR...". BOTTLE COVERED IN FINE METAL WIRE MESH. NICKEL PLATE TOP.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- BOTTLE IS PRESSURIZED WITH C02 TO PRODUCE SODA WATER OR SELTZER. ALSO CALLED SYPHON BOTTLES, THESE CONTAINERS WERE USED IN HOMES, HOTELS, BARS, AND CORNER SODA FOUNTAINS TO SPRITZ CARBONATED WATER. THE UNIQUE SYPHON TOP ALLOWED A PORTION OF THE BOTTLE’S CONTENTS TO BE DISPENSED WHILE PRESERVING THE REST FOR ANOTHER TIME. IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY THIS TYPE OF BOTTLE WAS ALSO PROMOTED AS BEING A SUITABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, AND SOME USED THE SELTZER AS A CURE FOR HEARTBURN (ULTIMATELY THE ORIGIN OF ALKA-SELTZER). SELTZER WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR IN THE 1920S AND 30S, BUT HAD ALMOST DISAPPEARED BY THE 1940S. *** INFORMATION BELOW PROVIDED BY DONOR AT THE REQUEST OF THE GALT IN 2010. "NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION" ***
- Catalogue Number
- P19683435000
- Acquisition Date
- 1968-08
- Collection
- Museum
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