by Tom Licence | Apr 23, 2019
Aqua glass penny ink bottle, with burst-off lip; ribbed on three sides. There are two pen rests on the top. Part of the yellow label survives, preserving in black the word ‘ink’.
by Tom Licence | Apr 23, 2019
Short, squat bottle for glue, retaining original brush and most of label. The label reads ‘LIQUID GLUE’ in a banner, then below, ‘Always ready for use’, and some illegible text below that. At the bottom, it is possible to make out the words...
by Tom Licence | Jul 14, 2018
Two unembossed medicine bottles, the one on the right retaining its hand-written label and remnants of brown contents.
by Tom Licence | Jul 14, 2018
Gillard’s (larger bottle, left) and Lea & Perrin’s sauce bottles, both embossed with company name and bearing the remnants of red and white labels. Both would have had glass stoppers held in place by a cork ring.
by Tom Licence | Jul 14, 2018
Two brown-glass Scotch Whisky bottles, with remnants of labels in red, black and gold.
by Tom Licence | Jan 31, 2015
Plain white ceramic ointment pot. Originally it would have had a label. Discarded in London and dumped in Essex.
by Tom Licence | Dec 23, 2014
Left: Crosse and Blackwell’s Mango Chutney, with remnants of label – imported ingredients Right: dried olives, with remnants of labels on neck and body – imported ingredients
