Local Glass and Stoneware Bottles

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 …

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.

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.

The South Wales Inn – Cwmtillery. A spirit hip-flask from the South Wales Inn, Cwmtillery. Made from glass. Size 5 1/2″ x 3″ x 1″ inches.

The Bell Inn – Abertillery. A spirit hip-flask from the Bell Inn, Somerset Street, Abertillery. Made from glass. Size 6″ x 3″ x 1″ inches.

E. M. Jones – Abertillery. Made from glass. Size 8″ x 2 and 1/2″ inches. Miss E. M. Jones. E. M. Jones was Miss Elizabeth Morgan Jones, of 8 Market Street, Abertillery, an off-license and a wine and spirit merchant. Also an agent for the Anglo Bavarian and Rogers A.K. Ales, Oakhill, Whitbread, Inde Coope, Burton Ales and W & …

J. H. Lewis – Botanical Brewer. Made from stoneware. Size 10″ x 5″ inches. Mr J. H. Lewis. J. H. Lewis was Mr Jacob Henry Lewis, born in 1870 at Ebbw Vale. Mr Lewis was a Botanical Brewer based at Willowtown Botanical Brewery, living at 22 Saron Road, Ebbw Vale. Mr Lewis traded from Abertillery and Ebbw Vale.

Mr Edwin Price Chemist. Made from glass. Size 5″ x 3″ x 1″ inches. Mr Edwin Price. Mr Edwin Price was a chemist and wine & spirit merchant and off-licence of 4 Commercial Street, 4 Carmel Street and Somerset Street, Abertillery. Mr Edwin Price was born in 1843 at Coventry, he came to Abertillery in 1889 and opened the town’s …

Mr T. H. Prichard – Abertillery Chemist Stoneware Bottle. Mr T. H. Prichard opened his first chemist shop Medical Hall, Cwm Street, later called Somerset Street in Abertillery in 1892. He later opened branches at Ely, Cwmfelinfach, Merthyr, Blaina, Nantyglo and Church Street, Abertillery. This bottle is made of stoneware with a cork stopper top. Size 11″ x 5″ inches.  …

Mr T. H. Prichard Chemist – Abertillery. A T. H. Prichard chemist medicine bottle from one of the two Prichard chemist shops in Abertillery.  Made from glass. Size 6 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ x 1 1/12″ inches.