Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.064.005 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Milk |
Other Name |
Bottle, Cream |
Title |
Scenic City Dairy Cream Bottle |
Year Range from |
1939 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Artist |
Consumers Glass |
Made |
Consumers Glass |
Place of Origin |
Ontario/Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Colourless glass cream bottle with "Scenic City / Dairy" in embossed, script-style lettering inside a round margin. It has an indistinct C in a triangle mark (Consumers Glass). |
Makers mark |
Indistinct (hard to see) C inside a triangle mark on the underside |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Consumers Glass for the Scenic City Dairy business, which was located at 314 8th St. East, Owen Sound. In 1939, Wilbur Smith, R. J. Walter, Victor C. Porteous, Tom Rutherford (= Colonel T. J. Rutherford), his son Jaffray Rutherford of Leith, and Sidney Murray bought a pre-existing dairy along 8th St. in Owen Sound, Grey County. The new owners called it the Scenic City Dairy. In 1949, the Smith family bought out the other shareholders. The Scenic City Dairy was still operating c. 1960. Collected by Glen Stephens of Williamsford, Grey County, at an unknown date. His estate was auctioned in the fall of 2017. Grey Roots Museum purchased this piece from the first of his estate auctions on September 16, 2017. |
Collection |
Dairy & Creamery Equipment Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-16 Dia-6 cm |
Found |
Williamsford, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
People |
Rutherford, Thomas J. Smith, Wilbur Porteous, Victor Murray, Sidney Stephens, Glen Walter, Robert J. |
Subjects |
Bottles Bottle industry Bottling industry Dairy products & industry Dairy stores Dairying Dairy farming Milkmen |
Search Terms |
Scenic City Dairy Owen Sound Businesses Owen Sound Industries and Products |
Function |
A re-usable dairy bottle, used for cream, that was used by the Scenic City dairy business at Owen Sound, Grey County. |