botil
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ORIGINAL: GuntherHess Let us know if you ever find out anything about it. I'm betting it is pretty rare since it didnt seem to be listed anywhere. I've got a new camera An answer at last! Answer from an UK forum: quote:
Post Office London Directory 1841 13 St. Mary at Hill G. Purt - Soda Water, Lemonade, &c. ma Thomas Purt - Dairyman Post Office London Directory (Small Edition) 1852 13 St. Mary at Hill George Purt - Soda water, lemonade, & ginger beer manufacturer & importer of dantzic spruce 8 Water Lane, Great Tower Street Bottled ale & stout merchant. And another fantastic bottle known (not mine) quote:
THE BOTTLE ON THE FAR RIGHT IS THE ONLY GREEN EXAMPLE FROM PURT'S THAT I KNOW OF. IT'S GOT A STRANGE ELONGATED NARROW NECK, SMALL ROLLED LIP, & UNUSUAL FLATTENED EMBOSSED LETTERING. IT IS EMBOSSED ALL ROUND THE BODY: PURTS/CELEBRATED/DOUBLE/SODA=WATER/13 St MARY AT HILL/CITY/OF LONDON.
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