Object Record

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1 of 1977

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Metadata

Object ID #

2012.078.021

Object Name

Novelty, Promotional

Title

Miniature Novelty Plastic Coca-Cola Bottle

Lexicon category

4: T&E For Materials

Credit line

On behalf of the Taylor Family

Date

pre-1971

Year Range from

1950

Year Range to

1971

Made

Unknown

Place of Origin

Owen Sound, Grey County

Description

Miniature, novelty Coca-Cola bottle. It is made of moulded plastic and has a printed, red-and-white metal cap on it.

Provenance

Manufactured for William Taylor and Son, Limited, or Taylor's Soft Drinks Ltd. Pre-dates 1971.

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

Plastic/Metal/Ink

Dimensions

H-6 Dia-2 cm

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