Object number
66/8/11
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Description
This is a large brown stoneware ginger beer bottle, which was found with a large collection of bottles of horse potions. They were uncovered during the demolition of a blacksmith's forge in Great Shelford. It has an icised manufacturer's mark which indicates that it was made at Codnor Park Potteries, near Derby.
Physical description
1 bottle: stoneware; fair condition- chipped neck and rim
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ form -‘ Bottle // LIVESTOCK- Veterinary/ TRADES- prof- Grocer // RC Lambeth Rural Industries Organiser, Cambs // Description: Lightish brown with wide neck and free-blown lip. // Dimensions: Base dia. 6.5cm Height 13.5cm // Associated information: Found in the forge with veterinary bottles at Gt. Shelford, Cambs.’, MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ (Institute of Agricultural History) - ‘ Bottle, Ginger Beer // LIVESTOCK- Veterinary/ Trades- Prof- Grocer // Description: Large brown stone ginger beer bottle. It has an insised manufacturers inscription reading: “CODNER PARK POTTERY. BURTON’S SUPERIOR WARE. EX // Dimensions: Base dia 6.5cm Height 17.3cm // Found in the Forger with veterinary bottles at Gt. Shelford, Cambs.”
Production place
Derbyshire
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14295.tif - High resolution image