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Hello Jannie,
Welcome to the A-BN and thanks for bringing the J. Clarke. This bottle is British and is a Lamont patent, sometimes called a bullet stopper.
"Bottle maker John Lamont patented a closure for bottles using an ebonite bullet and rubber seal around the 1870's. During the 1880's he improved the patent by using a glass stopper to reduce breakages and make the stopper lighter." From.
Your dates on Kilner are not quite correct. They started earlier and ran until bankrupt in 1937. Here's a brief timeline:
"Kilner Brothers
of Kilner’s Providence Glassworks in Conisbrough
of Blundell Street, Caledonian Road, London, N7. (1922)
1842 John Kilner founded the John Kilner and Co glass company that produced glass jars.
The Kilner family had established several glassworks across the north of England during the nineteenth century.
In 1863 the Kilner brothers opened a glass bottle factory at Denaby Main. The site that was accessed via a bridge still known locally as Kilner Bridge. Kilner products, which included glass storage the Kilner jars were known internationally.
By 1871 they employed 123 men.
In 1894 they employed as many as 400 hands (men, women and boys), and were making up to 300,000 bottles of all types per week.
Kilner Glassworks was a completely self contained manufactory, taking in raw materials and producing finished jars and bottles ready for use.
Although enjoying commercial success, rival glass manufacturers were quick to create alternatives - and the Kilner family business (by then called Kilner Brothers) went bankrupt in 1937." From.
J. Clarke is tougher to pin down. " J. Clark and J. Austin, Moorgate-street—Improvements in apparatus for stopper
ing and closing bottles, jars, and other similar vessels" From The Civil Engineer, 1856.
From. We know he bottled Ginger Beer. Your bottle likely contained mineral water or soda.
Auction sale in July. August auction sale.
From.
Welcome to the A-BN and thanks for bringing the J. Clarke. This bottle is British and is a Lamont patent, sometimes called a bullet stopper.
"Bottle maker John Lamont patented a closure for bottles using an ebonite bullet and rubber seal around the 1870's. During the 1880's he improved the patent by using a glass stopper to reduce breakages and make the stopper lighter." From.
Your dates on Kilner are not quite correct. They started earlier and ran until bankrupt in 1937. Here's a brief timeline:
"Kilner Brothers
of Kilner’s Providence Glassworks in Conisbrough
of Blundell Street, Caledonian Road, London, N7. (1922)
1842 John Kilner founded the John Kilner and Co glass company that produced glass jars.
The Kilner family had established several glassworks across the north of England during the nineteenth century.
In 1863 the Kilner brothers opened a glass bottle factory at Denaby Main. The site that was accessed via a bridge still known locally as Kilner Bridge. Kilner products, which included glass storage the Kilner jars were known internationally.
By 1871 they employed 123 men.
In 1894 they employed as many as 400 hands (men, women and boys), and were making up to 300,000 bottles of all types per week.
Kilner Glassworks was a completely self contained manufactory, taking in raw materials and producing finished jars and bottles ready for use.
Although enjoying commercial success, rival glass manufacturers were quick to create alternatives - and the Kilner family business (by then called Kilner Brothers) went bankrupt in 1937." From.
J. Clarke is tougher to pin down. " J. Clark and J. Austin, Moorgate-street—Improvements in apparatus for stopper
ing and closing bottles, jars, and other similar vessels" From The Civil Engineer, 1856.
Auction sale in July. August auction sale.
