by Tom Licence | Jul 10, 2016
A nineteenth-century mineral water bottle, embossed with the name of Caley’s Pharmaceutical Works, Norwich, dating before 1898 and discarded in the 1920s at Holme Hale Hall.
by Tom Licence | Jan 31, 2015
Mid-Victorian Hamilton bottle for Schweppes Aerated Waters, with addresses in London, including Oxford Street. The smaller bottle on the right is embossed ‘W. Ingram/ Southend’. Both found in Leigh-on-Sea.
by Tom Licence | Jan 31, 2015
Hamilton bottle, embossed ‘W. Ingram/ Southend’, found during road works outside The Peter Boat pub, Leigh-on-Sea. These were used for mineral water or soda water. The design ensured that the bottles would be stored on their side, keeping the cork in...
by Tom Licence | Jan 3, 2015
Small Hamilton bottle for J. F. Harrington of Southend-on-Sea. For soda water. Cork top.
by Tom Licence | Jan 3, 2015
Soda/ mineral water bottle, for Caley’s of Norwich. A small-sized ‘Hamilton’ bottle, designed to be stored on its side.
by Tom Licence | Dec 28, 2014
Flat-bottomed Hamilton bottle from the Stretton Hills Mineral Water Company, of Church Stretton. Blob top for cork. These bottles superseded the egg-shaped version during the first decade of the twentieth century. They were supposed to be stored on their side, but...
by Tom Licence | Dec 23, 2014
Egg-shaped ‘Hamilton’ bottles for soda water, made for the firms Caley & Son and Steward, Patteson and Finch, both of Norwich. These held cork stoppers and were kept on their sides, allowing the cork to remain moist (thereby preventing shrinkage). From...
by Tom Licence | Dec 23, 2014
Neck from a ‘Hamilton’ mineral water bottle (either egg-shaped or flat-bottomed). Aqua.
