Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1973.002.008 |
Object Name |
Bottle |
Title |
Scottish Bottle (for Ginger Beer?) |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Year Range from |
1867 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Artist |
A. W. Buchan |
Made |
A. W. Buchan pottery |
Place of Origin |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Description |
One two-toned ceramic (stoneware) bottle with cork. Maker's mark on side of bottle near base reads "11 Buchan Portobello Edinburgh". Probably a ginger beer bottle. Top is mustard yellow, bottom is natural ceramic colour. |
Makers mark |
Maker's mark on side of bottle near base reads "11 Buchan Portobello Edinburgh". |
Provenance |
The stoneware bottle was bottled at Edinburgh, Scotland. Owen Sound's potteries did not make stonewares, so businesses had to import items like this. Rick Harrison of Owen Sound, Grey County found this bottle on the "Dr. Knox Farm" situated at the top of the Creamery Hill at Owen Sound, Grey County, in May / June, 1973. It was his opinion that this dump is from the Paterson House Hotel (later called the Downtowner Hotel). This hotel had been located along main street in Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Ceramic/Glaze/Cork |
Dimensions |
H-21.3 Dia-7 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Matthews, William Paterson, George Snider (Dr.) Knox, Dr. Melville R. |
Subjects |
Scotland Hotels Bottles Alcoholic beverages |
Search Terms |
Paterson House Hotel Poulett St. (Owen Sound) |