Black Glass Ale/Beer Bottle
Dublin Core
Title
Black Glass Ale/Beer Bottle
Identifier
Item Sm.026
Description
26 oz., black glass (dark olive green) ale, porter, stout or beer bottle. Mould-blown in three-pieces, with a flat, key-moulded base, and a ring-sealed top. Squat shape with rounded shoulders. No identifying marks.
Creator
n.c.
Subject
Antiques & Collectibles / Bottles;
Beer bottles;
Bottles;
Glassware;
Liquor bottles.
Beer bottles;
Bottles;
Glassware;
Liquor bottles.
Date
n.d.
Source
Old Smithfield township
Publisher
Private collection
Contributor
Black glass liquor and ale/beer bottles were very common on Australian goldfields in the 1870s. They "were mass produced as a cheap container between the 1840s and 1880s ... in a thousand shapes and sizes".1
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1.Bill and Betty Wilson, Spirits Bottles of the Old West, (Henington Publishing Co, Wolfe City, TX., 1968). ↩
Format
Material: Black glass
Diagnostic: Yes
Buried item
Size: 250 mm tall, 85 mm diameter
Volume: 26 oz.
Diagnostic: Yes
Buried item
Size: 250 mm tall, 85 mm diameter
Volume: 26 oz.
Type
Physical Object
Coverage
165138S1454201E
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s
Rights
© 2021 oldsmithfield.com
Geolocation
Collection
Citation (Chicago 17 Style)
n.c., “Black Glass Ale/Beer Bottle,” n.d., Item Sm.026, Private collection, https://www.oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/46.
Item Relations
This item has no relations.