Stoneware bottle for Coles Ginger Beer
- Made:
- 1890-1920 in Hartley Wintney
- maker:
- Doulton & Co. Limited and Coles
Bottle, stoneware, Coles home brewed ginger beer, brewed Hartley Wintney, bottle stamped Doulton Lambeth 42; bottle empty with printed designed. With cork in top - possibly not original.
Before convenient packaging was invented, station refreshment rooms, hotels and dining cars served food and drink in silverware and fine china. All sets needed to match and could not be used if chipped or incomplete. Cups, cutlery and crockery were embellished with the company name to help prevent losses and theft.
Details
- Category:
- Passenger Comforts
- Object Number:
- 1998-7116
- Materials:
- stoneware (glazed) and cork
- Measurements:
-
Without cork: 170 mm 67 mm,
- type:
- bottle