Stoneware bottle for Coles Ginger Beer

Bottle, stoneware, Coles home brewed ginger beer, brewed Hartley Wintney, bottle stamped Doulton Lambeth 42; bottle empty with printed designed. Chip in front of rim.

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.