BOTTLE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SELTZER
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- GLASS, NICKEL PLATED STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19705343000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SELTZER
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- GLASS, NICKEL PLATED STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 29.8
- Diameter
- 8.5
- Description
- "AERATORS LTD. MAKERS LONDON" ON TOP OF TAP. "IMPORTANT - DO NOT FILL THE BOTTLE ABOVE THE RED LINE" AND "FOR DIRECT EXPORT BY MAKERS ONLY" AND "ADMIT GAS SLOWLY AND SHAKE VIGOROUSLY" ON NECK. BOTTLE COVERED IN LATTICE WORK OF FINE METAL WIRE. TAP & NICKEL PLATED. PLATING ON METAL IS CRACKING AND PEELING. RED PAPER LINE AROUND BOTTLE, WITH YELLOW LIQUID STILL INSIDE.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- DONOR, MRS. J.H. VALLANCE IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P19705343000
- Acquisition Date
- 1970-02
- Collection
- Museum
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