Local Glass and Stoneware Bottles

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 from 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 – …

Saxon & Co, Brynmawr – Stoneware Bottle. Saxon & Co Botanical Brewers of Brynmawr, proprietor Mr John Keysell. This bottle is made of stoneware with an internal screw stopper top. Size 11″ x 5″ inches. (More information on the company to be uploaded).

Saxon & Co – Chapel Street, Brynmawr – Glass Bottle. This bottle is made of glass with an internal screw stopper top. It has the company name of Saxon & Co, Chapel Street, Brynmawr embossed on the front of the bottle and Saxon & Co embossed on the bottom of the bottle. Size 8″ x 2 1/2″ inches.

Saxon & Co – Chapel Street, Brynmawr – Glass Bottle. This bottle is made of glass with an internal screw stopper top and original Saxon & Co top. It has the company name of Saxon & Co, Brynmawr embossed on the front lower rim of the bottle with a series of “S’s” around the shoulder, in embossed triangular patterns.  Size …

Mr William Gillman. Mr William Gillman of Aberbeeg, stoneware bottle.  Made from stoneware. Size 6 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ inches. Mr William Gillman. Mr Gillman was born in 1867 at Aberbeeg. On the 1881 census Mr Gillman, was an apprentice cellar man, living with his mother and step-father Joseph and Hannah Clark at Woodland Terrace, Aberbeeg. In 1889 he married …