BOTTLE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SCHWEPPES
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19970108004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SCHWEPPES
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 19
- Diameter
- 6.5
- Description
- GREEN TINTED CLEAR GLASS OVAL BOTTLE WITH A POINTED BOTTOM, EMBOSSED ON THE SIDE "SCHWEPPES" IN LARGE BLOCK PRINTING. BOTTLE HAS A SHORT YET NARROW NECK THAT HAS A CHIPPED EDGE. GLASS IS COVERED IN A WHITE RESIDUE, AND HAS OTHER MARKS AND SCRATCHES ON THE SURFACE.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- MERCHANDISING T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- BOTTLES WERE SHAPED IN THIS WAY TO ENSURE THEY WERE STORED ON THEIR SIDE, TO PREVENT THE CORK FROM DRYING OUT. USED TO STORE POP OR GINGER ALE. DATE IS APPROXIMATE. UNEARTHED AT THE FORMER BREWERY SITE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970108004
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-10
- Collection
- Museum
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