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Metadata
Object ID # |
1992.065.001 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Seltzer |
Title |
TAYLOR & PRINGLE Soda Water Siphon Bottle |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Year Range from |
1905 |
Year Range to |
1915 |
Artist |
Durato T, Paris, France |
Made |
Durafort |
Place of Origin |
France (white lead top portion)/Unknown (glass) |
Description |
An example of a TAYLOR & PRINGLE soda water siphon bottle. This bottle has an etched (frosted) design on one side only, which has the Taylor & Pringle logo, consisting of an encircled, entwined "T & P", and the wording "TAYLOR & PRINGLE TRADEMARK REGISTERED OWEN SOUND". The base is rounded. The underside of the base is blank (no glassmaker's identification). Visible in the interior is a clear glass siphon straw. The top closure is white lead and has impress-stamped wording: "TAYLOR & PRINGLE / OWEN SOUND" "Made in France Durafort Paris 9". The bottle's glass appears seamless. |
Makers mark |
pewter has impress-stamped wording: "TAYLOR & PRINGLE / OWEN SOUND" "Made in France Durato T Paris 9" |
Provenance |
The spigot/syphon was manufactured in Paris, France, by Durafort, for the Owen Sound bottling company known as Taylor & Pringle. Note that John Corbett Pringle died in 1911, so it likely was before this date. In the 1990 film, "The "Pop" Works of Owen Sound; The Story of the Soft Drinks Industry and the Life of Wm. Taylor (1862-1925) as Chronicled by Wm. Humphrey Tayor (1909-1990)" (Grey County Archives), Humphrey Taylor says that the company produced this seltzer bottle between 1905 and 1930, but the top white lead piece (made in France) was so difficult and expensive to produce that they discontinued it in 1930. The bottle would have been filled upside down (Humphrey Taylor), used and returned to the Taylor & Pringle company for refilling. It is not known who kept the item after T&P closed. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass/Metal/Pewter |
Dimensions |
H-11.811 Dia-3.622 inches |
Found |
Grey County, Ontario |
People |
Taylor, William Taylor, William Humphrey Pringle, John Corbet |
Subjects |
Owen Sound Industry Owen Sound Industries Bottling Companies Bottles Bottling industry Soda industry |
Search Terms |
Taylor & Pringle Owen Sound Industries and Products |
Function |
Siphon bottles were containers used for dispensing carbonated fluid, usually for beverages. Similar siphon bottles are illustrated in a reference book. "The siphon for carbonated beverages was first known in the form of the "Regency Portable Fountain" patented in 1825 by Charles Plinth...Hotels and bar rooms had the siphon handy...Since most were acid-etched with the names of the users, very interesting collections can be made." [Unitt] ---- Unitt, Doris & Peter, BOTTLES IN CANADA, 1972, p. 76. Sometimes they are called seltzer bottles as well. |