Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.064.004 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Milk |
Title |
Cream Bottle from the Maple Crest Dairy (Kramer's Dairy) |
Year Range from |
1925 |
Year Range to |
1942 |
Artist |
Dominion Glass Company |
Made |
Dominion Glass Co. |
Place of Origin |
Ontario/Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
A colourless (now cloudy) cream bottle with emboss-style moulded lettering: "MAPLE / CREST DAIRY / OWEN SOUND / FRED KRAMER / PROP." [proprietor] The underside has diamond-D mark (Dominion Glass). |
Makers mark |
Emboss-moulded diamond-D mark on underside (Dominion Glass) |
Provenance |
Custom-ordered from the Dominion Glass Company by the Maple Crest Dairy business owned by Fred Kramer. It was also known as "Kramer's Dairy". It was located in the former Derby Township, Grey County, near Owen Sound, and operated from 1925 to 1942. Collected by Glen Stephens of Williamsford, Grey County, at an unknown date. His estate was auctioned in the fall of 2017. Grey Roots Museum purchased this piece from the first of his estate auctions on September 16, 2017. |
Collection |
Dairy & Creamery Equipment Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-14.8 Dia-7.3 cm |
Found |
Williamsford, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
People |
Kramer, Fred Stephens, Glen |
Subjects |
Dairying Dairy products & industry Bottles Bottling industry Milkmen |
Search Terms |
Derby Township Maple Crest Dairy |