Local Glass and Stoneware Bottles

C.W.S. Milk Bottle. A Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited milk bottle. Made from glass. Size 5 1/12″ x 2 1/4″ inches – 6floz.

Coombes Dairies Milk Bottle – Abertillery. A Coombes Dairies milk bottle. Embossed with – Coombes Dairies 49 Duke Street, Abertillery in a circular design on the front of the bottle. Made from glass. Size 6 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ inches – 10floz = half pint.

Coombes Dairy Milk Bottle – Abertillery. A Coombes Dairy milk bottle. Embossed with – Coombes Dairy on the front of the bottle with Abertillery embossed on the rear. Made from glass. Size 8 1/2″ x 3″ inches – 20floz = 1 pint.

Mr A. L. Powell – Milk Bottle. A glass pint milk bottle from the company of Mr A. L. Powell, 111 Alma Street, Abertillery. Made from glass. Dated 1950’s. Size – 8 1/2″ x 3″ inches. Acid etched into the bottle in capital letters are the words – A. L. Powell, Dairyman, 111 Alma Street, Abertillery (as seen in the …

The Brynmawr Mineral Water Company Bottle. This Codd bottle is from the Brynmawr Mineral Water Company, Brynmawr, Brecknock, South Wales. Made from glass. Size 9″ x 2 1/2″ inches. The Brynmawr Mineral Water Company. The company was formed by Mr Charles Bull and commenced business in June 1902. Mr Bull began the company with a £200 loan from Mr James …

Boots Chemist Poison Bottle – Ebbw Vale. A Boots Cash Chemist poison bottle with the original sticker. It has the words “Not to be taken” embossed down the side of the bottle flanked by a series of vertical ridges. It is green glass of an hexagonal design with a cork stopper top.  The label states “Not To Be Taken” Boots …

Prichard and Ridings. Messrs Prichard and Ridings, Botanical Brewers, bottle, Abertillery and Ebbw Vale. It has an internal screw top and has a looped handle at the rear of the bottle. Made from stoneware. Size 10″ inches x 5 1/2″ inches. Mr T. H. Prichard joined with Mr F. Ridings as botanical brewers in about 1908. The partnership lasted for just …

Mr C. E. Ricketts – Crumlin Monmouthshire. A stoneware bottle of Mr C. E. Ricketts, Crumlin Monmouthshire. This bottle has a firing fault in the neck, it was caused by a foreign body in the clay as it was being made, which caused the minor eruption in the kiln resulting in the small hole.    Made from stoneware. Size 7″ …

Mr Henry Edwards – Viaduct Tavern Crumlin. Mr Henry Edwards – Aerated Mineral Water Bottle Viaduct Tavern Crumlin. This is a Dobson patent, double dimple design. Made of glass. Size 7 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ inches. Mr Henry Edwards. Mr Henry Edwards married Miss Mary Ann Ricketts of Newbridge in 1883. Miss Mary Ann Ricketts born 1859, was the daughter …

Mr Goodman Weiner Mineral Water Codd Bottle. This is the lower part of a mineral water Codd bottle from the company of Mr Goodman Weiner of the Garn Cross, Nantyglo, Monmouthshire. The bottle has its neck missing. Made from glass. Size 4″ x 2 1/4″ inches. The bottle would have been 7″ in height had it been whole.  Dated – …