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Metadata
Object ID # |
2013.038.002 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Drinking |
Other Name |
Bottle, Pop |
Title |
Super King Size Taylor's Dry Gingerale Bottle |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
post-1957 |
Year Range from |
1957 |
Year Range to |
1963 |
Artist |
Consumers Glass |
Made |
Consumers Glass |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
Super King Size green glass bottle. It has white and red-enamelled printing reading "Taylor's Dry Ginger Ale". It held 12 ounces. The code on the underside may date to 1963. |
Makers mark |
The underside of the base has emboss-moulded date code for Consumers glass. There is the inverted triangular margined C, flanked at the left with an L shape, and flanked at the right with a 3. Underneath is a mould number 4905. |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Consumers Glass for the Taylor's Soft Drinks Limited company (formerly the William Taylor and Son Limited bottling company) of Owen Sound, Grey County. Post-dates 1957. Found in an antique shop in Flesherton, Grey County, in 2013. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass/Enamel |
Dimensions |
H-24.5 Dia-6.5 cm |
Found |
Flesherton, Municipality of Grey Highlands, Grey County |
People |
Taylor, William Humphrey |
Subjects |
Bottling Companies Soda Pop Bottles Bottle industry Bottling industry Beverage industry Beverages |
Search Terms |
William Taylor & Son Limited Owen Sound Industries and Products Taylor's Soft Drinks (see William Taylor & Son Limited) |
Function |
Commercial unit container of a ginger ale soda pop beverage. The bottle would have been closed with a printed metal crown cap. It was used by an Owen Sound, Grey County bottling company. |