Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.078.017 |
Object Name |
Novelty, Promotional |
Title |
Miniature Novelty Coca-Cola Bottle |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Credit line |
On behalf of the Taylor Family |
Date |
Likely 1950s |
Artist |
Dominion Glass Company |
Made |
Dominion Glass Co. |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
Miniature, novelty Coca-Cola bottle. It is made of pressed, colourless glass, and bears a Dominion Glass company mark. |
Provenance |
Manufactured by the Dominion Glass Company. Likely dates to the 1950s. Belonged to William Humphrey Taylor. He was the son of William Taylor, who started a bottling company in Owen Sound, Grey County in 1884. In 1886, he partnered with John C. Pringle to form the Taylor and Pringle company. According to page 117 of Melba Croft's "Growth of a County Town", in 1909, Taylor and Pringle were Owen Sound's sole Coca-Cola retailers. John Pringle died in 1911, and William Taylor created William Taylor and Son, Limited on April 19, 1917. After his death and that of his son, Christopher, in January and May of 1925, his business was managed by Clara Taylor and her son, Humphrey Taylor (born 1909). Upon her death in 1956, Humphrey Taylor became Manager. The two-storey brick factory was located at 957 4th Ave. East. The firm was sold in 1971. Last owned by Nora Helen Taylor. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-6.2 Dia-2.2 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Taylor, William Humphrey |
Subjects |
Fairs Bottling Companies Owen Sound Industry |
Search Terms |
William Taylor & Son Limited |
Function |
Novelty give-away item. It advertises Coca-Cola, which was bottled by Wm. Taylor & Son Ltd. for many years. Susan Martin, who grew up in Sydenham Township, recalls that when she went to the Owen Sound Fall Fair in the late 1950's, items like this were given out to people. Coca-Cola was also sold at the fair. |