Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.085.017 |
Object Name |
Bottle |
Title |
Wine Bottle From the Warden's Banquet (1992) |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
1992 |
Artist |
Consumers Glass |
Made |
Consumers Glass |
Place of Origin |
Ontario |
Description |
Pale green, glass wine bottle from a Grey County Warden's Banquet. It is labeled and dated: "County of Grey / Lawrie Weppler / Warden / 1992", and bears the County's crest. It has a Consumers Glass maker's mark on it. It was bottled by Andres Wines Ltd. of Winona, Canada. It has 750 ml capacity. |
Makers mark |
The underside is emboss-moulded with the Consumers glass "C" mark in a blunt triangle, with a "1" to its left, and "2" to its right. "BOTTLE MADE IN CANADA / 22 / A8627 / 0" is also moulded. |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Consumers Glass. Dates to 1992. Belonged to Verna Brusso (née Becker) of Ayton, Grey County, who worked on the "Normanby Reflections" history book projects. Verna Brusso became the Acting Clerk of the township after the death of her husband, long-time Clerk-Treasurer William L. Brusso, in 1988. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Glass/Paper/Ink/Glue |
Found |
Ayton, Municipality of West Grey, Grey County |
People |
Brusso, Verna Weppler, Lawrence |
Subjects |
Ayton, Ontario Corporation of the County of Grey Normanby Township |
Function |
The label was printed for Lawrence Weppler, a Warden of Grey County. |