by Tom Licence | Feb 24, 2019
Larmouth & Co (of Hackney), Reliance patent Codd bottle, made by Dan Rylands of Barnsely. It is embossed ‘This bottle is the property of Larmouth & Co, No deposit charged’. When the firm went bankrupt, the stock of bottles was purchased by Nicholas...
by Tom Licence | Feb 24, 2019
Green internal screw mineral water bottle originally made for the Cohen Brothers of Camberwell before the dissolution of their partnership at the end of 1892. The bankrupt stock of bottles was purchased by the firm of Nicholas Paul (St Pancras) and sand-blasted with...
by Tom Licence | Jun 9, 2018
The Cohen Brothers went bankrupt in 1892 and sold off their stock in 1892-3. N. Paul purchased their bottles and sand-blasted the name ‘PAUL’ onto them. Paul’s outlet was at St Pancras, the western terminus of the GER line to Great Yarmouth. Large...
by Tom Licence | May 13, 2018
A 6 oz Codd bottle, made for the mineral water manufacturer Nicholas Paul & Co, of London. It is embossed with the name of N. Paul’s firm on both sides. On one side, a blue and white oval label is stuck over the name, which identifies the contents as...
by Tom Licence | Jul 10, 2016
Black glass English wine bottle necks, from a layer dating to the 1850s. Such bottles were meant to be returned, re-filled and re-used until broken.
by Tom Licence | Jun 23, 2016
Bases of black glass bottles for wine, ale or beer. Such bottles were discarded only when broken. Found in a midden dating to the 1840s at Brockdish rectory.
by Tom Licence | Apr 13, 2016
A wooden tool handle, with a bore hole for the metal part of the tool. This handle has been attacked by woodworm and may have been replaced with a new one and discarded (hence the absence of the metal part of the tool). It survived in waterlogged ash and domestic...
by Tom Licence | Mar 30, 2016
Champagne-shape stoneware ginger beer bottles used by the firm of Robert Claxton at Wells, Norfolk. During the 1920s, rather than paying for any more of his own bottles to be made, Claxton purchased a load of second-hand bottles bearing the name of the firm of...
by Tom Licence | Mar 24, 2016
Cork-top half-pint beer bottles, for the Yates Bros, Wisbech (left) and Peatling and Son of King’s Lynn and Wisbech (right). Both show wear patterns suggesting a good deal of re-use. 1900s-1910s. Discarded in the 1920s.
by Tom Licence | Mar 17, 2016
Jar or bottle with lead glaze over a brown slip. The handle is missing and the lip damaged. This is an early piece but how early? Discarded in the 1920s.
by Tom Licence | Mar 3, 2016
A mould-blown pontilled clear-glass decanter bottle, decorated with gold leaf and missing its stopper. Dating from the early nineteenth century, it was discarded in the 1920s.
