hannah 653
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Just went on my first bottle hunt with my family, at an estuary which is a goldmine for bottle hunters. I thought I might share some of my more interesting finds, along with some of the other items in my family's collection.
First up we have some vintage R.White Lemonade. As you can see, a part of it has been smashed in (which would commonly be done back then in order to get to the marbles) but one marble has miraculously remained inside.
Secondly we have Brylcreem from (I'm guessing) the 1950s. Very good quality considering it was found buried in mud next to some sharp rocks.
The third bottle might not look like much, but we think it might be very old. The writing reads "Yorkshire relish/ Goodal Backhouse and co". Interestingly, this company used a specific symbol of a tree in its post-1870 products, which was lacking in its earlier items. As this bottle lacks this symbol, we can date it between 1836 and 1870, making it the oldest bottle in my collection I can confidently identify.
I found a bunch of other interesting items (mostly local british brands I've never heard of before.) I might post these later.
PS. If anybody happens to recognise a particular brand symbol of a capital M with some straight lines like a currency symbol, please see my post in the what is it forumn, I'm very curious.
First up we have some vintage R.White Lemonade. As you can see, a part of it has been smashed in (which would commonly be done back then in order to get to the marbles) but one marble has miraculously remained inside.
Secondly we have Brylcreem from (I'm guessing) the 1950s. Very good quality considering it was found buried in mud next to some sharp rocks.
The third bottle might not look like much, but we think it might be very old. The writing reads "Yorkshire relish/ Goodal Backhouse and co". Interestingly, this company used a specific symbol of a tree in its post-1870 products, which was lacking in its earlier items. As this bottle lacks this symbol, we can date it between 1836 and 1870, making it the oldest bottle in my collection I can confidently identify.
I found a bunch of other interesting items (mostly local british brands I've never heard of before.) I might post these later.
PS. If anybody happens to recognise a particular brand symbol of a capital M with some straight lines like a currency symbol, please see my post in the what is it forumn, I'm very curious.