We have now had our full first club meeting of 2021 - all fully
masked and socially distanced. It was good to see all the old members
again and hopefully things are getting back to normal now. We welcomed
two new members to the club - Michal and Joe.
First on the agenda was the AGM. The Chairman and Treasurer made their
reports. The main item was that our funds were down and this was due to
the cancelled Bottle Show revenue, but it is not a problem. Our next
show on Nov 21st is fully booked and we are all looking forward to it. |
We had a lot of finds on the table. First the GREER WHISKY jug.
Steve found this in a charity shop - great find. Apparently there are
repro's of these jugs but this is the genuine article. The milk bottle
is WELFORD & SONS LTD, DAIRY FARMERS, LONDON. This was a find by Mick
but it is so unusual that it is aqua colour glass which wouldn't make
the milk look very appealing. On the base is the patent number, it would
probably have had a foil cap, but why that colour. David brought along
the small REFRESHMENT ROOM GNR pot. He recently dug it up in excellent
condition. Great Northern Railways is a bit far from home down here in
the south.
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| Dave acquired this Chapmans patent ball stopper from someone who had
some crates of old bottles under a hedge. They had been there years but
luckily had survived the weather. This bottle is a scarce SALTER of
ALDERSHOT, with the late name FALKNER on it. His other great find was
the NATURES HERBAL OINTMENT pot which he picked up at a car boot sale.
The black glass GB was one of Mick's finds. This one is acid etched
MAUGHAN LAMBETH 26. The other 2 glass GB's were brought in by Joe. the
left hand one is EDGE YE OLD BREWED GINGER BEER, LONGSIGHT and the other
CROMPTON & SON AERATED WATERS. |
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This lovely A JONES of LIVERPOOL picture
belongs to Micky. It was originally rolled up but Dave tidied it and
reframed it. Great job.
George brought along some pictures of a BURBERRY of BASINGSTOKE jug he
owns. This was the original company that was the famous clothing
company. It was founded in 1800 but was destroyed by fire. The jug shows
pictures of the old building and the new one reopened in 1906. Micky is
the proud owner of the impressed GB, which he bought on Ebay. It has a
load of writing on it. MUSSOLLI BROS, 226 GIPSY LANE, 71 GREEN ST, 69
BARKING ROAD, 5 FREEMASONS ROAD. The last picture is a bit of a
mystery. Someone suggested it was a breast expresser but they usually
had a rubber suction on them. So the mystery is still there. |
