Local Glass and Stoneware Bottles

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 …

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.  …