Object number
98/2/1-2
Creator
Description
These are two brown machine made stoneware bottles with no stoppers. The first one has the inscription: 'RAY AND SON // WESTMINSTER // ESTABLISHED 1816' and the second one has the inscription 'T. WOOD // HACKNEY ROAD // GINGER BEER'.
Physical description
2 bottles: stoneware, good condition but no stoppers.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: BOTTLES - Ginger beer // Accession number: 98/2/1&2 // Classification: TRADES & PROFESSIONS Grocer // Negative number: 60/16933 & 34 // Acquisition method: GIFT // Acquired from, date: January 1998 [...] FARLEY HILL // Store: Small object // Condition: good // Recorder, date: JMB 26.7.99 // Description: Two brown, machine made stoneware bottles. No stoppers. Inscriptions: 1) RAY AND SON, WESTMINSTER // ESTABLISHED 1816 // 60/16934. 2) T. WOOD, HACKNEY ROAD, GINGER BEER // 60/16933. // Dimensions: Heights: 18.0 cm Diameter (base) 7.0 cm // Associated information: These bottles were dug up in the garden of the above address in 1980/81. There has been a house on this site since 1871 and the property was once a tied cottage to Farley Castle until 1945. // References: Entry no. 032'
Production place
Westminster, Hackney
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Material
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Dimensions
- Height 180 mm
- Diameter 70 mm
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