Help Identify E B & Co Ld Bottle

Welcome to our Antique Bottle community

Be a part of something great, join today!

jenn1976

New Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2009
Messages
2
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Please help a newbie identify a bottle that was found at a local hotel that was torn down in Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada.

The Bottom of the bottle has the following markings: "E B & Co Ld 498"

The bottle looks to be "aqua glass" and is 28.5cm high, the neck is 9cm high and the base is 7cm wide. We believe it is an applied double collar with concentric rings around the mouth of the bottle. The bottle also has "mold seams" on either side.It has some seeds, both large and small.

Any info would be greatly appreciated. Here is a picture.






E93E929B302F4E5EBD402C9C5B78BF04.jpg
 

Attachments

  • E93E929B302F4E5EBD402C9C5B78BF04.jpg
    E93E929B302F4E5EBD402C9C5B78BF04.jpg
    48.7 KB · Views: 280

cyberdigger

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 29, 2008
Messages
13,262
Reaction score
22
Points
38
Location
NJ
The size and shape of this one tells me it's a gin bottle, probably British, from around 1880-1910.. if the seam goes to the top of the lip, it is a bit more recent, but it looks like a tooled or applied lip.
 

capsoda

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 15, 2005
Messages
9,531
Reaction score
5
Points
0
Location
Seminole,Alabama, USA
English Whisky and Cyber gave you the right date line. We dig an over abundance of those over in Pensacola, FL. Military town for 400+ years and they were very thursty folks.
 

Dansalata

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 18, 2005
Messages
1,720
Reaction score
6
Points
38
CAPS, THAT BORN AGAIN AMERICAN VIDEO IS AWESOME, I AM ALSO A BORN AGAIN AMERICAN.... THANKS
 

deepbluedigger

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 12, 2006
Messages
673
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Location
Yorkshire, England
E B & Co = Edgar Breffit & Co, glassmakers of Castleford and (until the early 1880s) Ferrybridge in Yorkshire, England.

Started in business some time before 1865. The Castleford works continued under ownership of Breffit until after the first world war. The factory continued production under different ownership until (I think) the 1980s.
 

jenn1976

New Member
Joined
Apr 19, 2009
Messages
2
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Thanks for the great information on E. Breffit & Co.Ld. I have done some more research on the 2 bottle work factories.
I am wondering if anyone knows what the number "498" on the bottom of the bottle means? I am wondering if the embossing on the bottom is from before or after his death in 1882.
Thanks in advance for your help:)
 

Kathi Groh

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jul 10, 2017
Messages
162
Reaction score
0
Points
16
Location
Erie, Pa
I have the same bottle, but it has a 9082 on the bottom, instead of 498. I am trying to determine the year, and it's worth? This is the only place online I could find this bottle! Any help would be appreciated!!
 

CanadianBottles

Well-Known Member
Joined
May 24, 2014
Messages
4,630
Reaction score
2,354
Points
113
The number is just a mold number. It meant something to the factory workers but it doesn't mean anything to anyone still alive. The value is minimal, basically a "whatever you can convince someone to pay" sort of situation. I would personally sell it in my $1 box, an antique store would probably charge $5. These bottles are incredibly abundant across the former British Empire and not particularly collectible without a label unfortunately.
 

Kathi Groh

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jul 10, 2017
Messages
162
Reaction score
0
Points
16
Location
Erie, Pa
Thank you so much for answering my questions, I really appreciate it! I admire all of the experts knowledge on this forum!! :)

Kathi
 

Latest posts

Members online

Latest threads

Forum statistics

Threads
83,173
Messages
742,677
Members
24,172
Latest member
Panama Canal digger
Top