66/8/22

This is a light brown glazed 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 obscured manufacturer's inscription.

1 bottle: stoneware; poor condition- broken and cracked [repaired with glue]

MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ form - ‘66/8/1-48 // Accession 66/8 // Veterinary Preparations // This group of objects classified under LIVESTOCK veterinary // Photographed Nos: 60/10808-60/10815 // These objects all re-photographed as follows and negative cards put under subsidiary // 66/8/22 Bottle, ginger beer, TRADES PROFESSIONS grocer.’, MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ (Institute of Agricultural History) - ‘ Bottle, Ginger Beer // LIVESTOCK- Veterinary/ Trades- Prof- Grocer // Description: Light brown glazed stone ginger beer bottle. Scarcely legible manufacturer’s inscription reading: “BOURNES……….VITREOUS STONE BOTTLES”// Dimensions: Base dia 6.9cm Height 16.3cm // Found in the Forger with veterinary bottles at Gt. Shelford, Cambs.”

Ceramic, stoneware, Glaze

Fired, Glazed