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This earthenware cider bottle was used for carrying cider into harvest fields, and came from Pickwick, now a part of Corsham, Wiltshire. It is part-glazed, and has a cork and two loops pierced by holes through which a strap could be threaded for carrying.

1 cider bottle: earthenware; good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘ Earthenware cider bottles of this type were used for carrying cider into harvest fields. This bottle came from Pickwick near Corsham, Wiltshire. It is light brown in colour, the upper part being glazed and the lower part unglazed. The bottle stands 8 1/2 inches high, the base is 4 1/2 inches and the maximum width across the bottle 6 1/2 inches. The bottle has a cork and two loops pierced by holes through which a strap could be threaded for carrying.', MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘Name of Object: // Age…: // Name and address of present owner: // Description of use to which it was put…:’Earthenware bottle for carrying cider into harvest field. From Pickwick near Corsham.'

Ceramic, earthenware, Glaze

Fired, Glazed