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Metadata
Object ID # |
2011.071.005 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Drinking |
Other Name |
Bottle, Pop |
Title |
Art Deco ORANGE QUENCH Soda Bottle |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
1930s |
Year Range from |
1931 |
Year Range to |
1937 |
Artist |
Dominion Glass Company |
Made |
Dominion Glass |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
Art Deco-style soda bottle. The colourless glass has a ridged neck and a tapered lower end. The middle has a bulbous, orange-like texture and shape, with the word "Orange" on one side, and "Quench" on the other in script-style, emboss-moulded lettering. There is a mould line to the left and right sides of the orange-shaped area. The base has "WM. TAYLOR & SON LTD. / OWEN SOUND ONT" emboss-moulded, and "CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL. OZ". The underside has a Dominon Glass diamond-D mark with "35" underneath it, and "DESIGN REGD / MAY 1931". See RELATED. |
Makers mark |
The underside has a Dominon Glass diamond-D mark emboss-moulded with "35" underneath it, and "DESIGN REGD / MAY 1931". |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Dominion Glass. Dates to the 1930s. Belonged to William Taylor and Son Limited, which was established in Owen Sound, Grey County circa 1916. The 1922 Vernon's Directory of Owen Sound listed the company at 957, 4th Avenue East. It manufactured carbonated beverages. It was still at the same location circa 1966, but by then was known as "Taylor's Soft Drinks". W. Humphrey Taylor was the "Son" of the firm's name. The company was the second in Owen Sound to work for Coca Cola. It closed in 1971. Last owned by Brian Rice of Sauble Beach, Bruce County. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-8.661 Dia-2.756 inches |
Found |
Sauble Beach, Bruce County |
People |
Taylor, William Humphrey Taylor, Clara |
Subjects |
Owen Sound Industry Owen Sound Industries Bottling Companies The Great Depression Soda industry Bottles Beverage industry Beverages |
Search Terms |
William Taylor & Son Limited Owen Sound Industries and Products Great Depression |
Function |
Contained an ORANGE QUENCH-brand soda. |