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  • Object number
    93/23/6
  • Description
    A brown glass bottle with metal cap, filled with ginger beer. It was bottled by Apex Juices Ltd. of Reading and Oxford. It is labelled 'Apex Ginger Beer', and the label has a picture of a mountain topped by a fizzing bottle.
  • Physical description
    1 bottle with contents: brown glass; metal; liquid; good condition
  • Archival history
    MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 13.8.93 // Description: Seven small bottles of mineral water with metal caps plus contents. // Ibex & Apex companies // For details of labels see attached sheet // Dimensions: 5 bottles 19 cm high 2 bottles 16 cm high // Diameter of bases: 5–5.5 cm // Associated information: 36 bottles were left at the Museum but only 7 were kept as a representative sample.’, MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘1. IBEX Sparkling grapefruit (2 bottles) // IBEX ENTERPRISES LTD, LONDON, READING & NEWPORT // 93/23/3&7 60/16217&21 // 2. IBEX Cola (1 bottle) // APEX JUICES LTD, READING // 93/23/1 60/16218 // 3. APEX Orange crush (1 bottle) // APEX JUICES LTD, READING & OXFORD // 93/23/5 60/16219 // 4. APEX Cherryade (1 bottle) // APEX JUICES LTD, READING & OXFORD // 93/23/4 60/16216 // 5. APEX Ginger beer (2 bottles) // APEX JUICES LTD, READING & OXFORD // 93/23/2&6 60/16220&16222 // The first 5 bottles have the symbol of a mountain topped by a horned animal (ibex) on the label. // The two ginger beer bottles have the symbol of a mountain topped by a fizzing bottle.’
  • Object name
    Bottle
  • Material
    Glass, Metal
  • Associated subject
    MARKETING AND SELLING : packaging
  • Associated person/institution
    Apex Juices Ltd. (Corporate Body)
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16222.tif - High resolution image
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