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Mr J. Chivers & Sons Cwmtillery – Ale and Porter Bottle.
This is one of a few different design Ale and Porter Bottles produced for the J. Chivers & Sons Brewer Cwmtillery Cwmtylery. Size 7″ x 3″ inches.
This design is a rarer impressed print on the shoulder and there is also a similar version with a common transfer print on the shoulder.
Link to – Chivers transfer lettering design Stoneware Bottle
The earlier type is of a White coloured dumpy design with a Blue transfer print makers stamp. There is also a larger pint Stoneware Bottle version and three known Glass Bottles, half-pint and a pint issue in the design of a Codd Bottle with the marble stopper and a single pinched neck (also known as a Pop-Alley) and also a Torpedo Bottle. These Glass bottles has the design of a Fountain embossed into the glass.
Below is a link to the history of the Messrs J. Chivers Tillery Fountain Inn and J. Chivers & Sons Brewery, Cwmtillery –
Messrs J. Chivers & Sons.
