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 | Apr 6, 2016
Blob-top, flat-bottomed soda water bottle, embossed ‘S. Codrington, Soda Water Manufacturer, King’s Lynn’. Found in a ditch that was filled in 1883.
by Tom Licence | Apr 4, 2015
Aqua Hamilton bottle, embossed ‘Talbot & Co/ Ipswich/ Trade Mark T & Co/ Registered’. These bottles had already gone out of fashion by 1908, when this one was dumped along with other old and/or worn objects. It would have contained soda water or...
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...