Davies & Co. Ltd, Burton Salmon Inside Thread Soda Bottle (1890's to 1915)

This is the first post in a very long time!  I thought I would get back to this blog with a very unusual English soda water bottle my father-in-law gave me a few years back.  The bottle has a wonderful embossed fish on it and it has the following words: " DAVIES AND CO. LTD. BURTON SALMON "  Until I started doing some research I thought this bottle contained some sort of liquid salmon concoction, like a type of cod liver oil. After looking into the history of this bottle, I found out that Burton Salmon is actually a small parish in the Yorkshire area of England.  It looks quite nice!  And the population hasn't grown much since the time this bottle was made. There were two Davies mentioned in historical registries, one John Davies, a brewer, and a Fred Davies, a soda water manufacturer. Were they brothers? This bottle has an inside thread enclosure, and dates somewhere between the 1890's to approximately 1915. 

Webb's English Stone Ginger Beer Bottle Dark Amber With Bricks and Spider Web Motifs

This bottle was made in the 1930's  by Webb's, a Canadian company that manufactured soda pop up until the early 1960's, I believe. I have a few of their bottles and advertising pieces and I will research their history more.  This bottle has excellent graphics, with a brick pattern and spooky spider webs as shoulder accents and one larger web on the bottom.  I believe this one is somewhat rare.  I got this one from a local collector many years ago, and thought it would be appropriate for this time of year!  The wording on the bottle reads "Webb's English Stone Ginger Beer" on both sides and along the bottom it reads "DESIGN REGISTERED 1931" and" MIN. CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL. OZ".

Coca-Cola Halloween Advertisement

E R Durkee & Co. Bottle, New York, Pat. 1877

This is a dug bottle that used to contain salad dressing. There is a fascinating history of the Durkee factory building at this site:http://oldelmhurst.blogspot.ca/search/label/Durkee. E. R. Durkee was a prominent condiment maker in New York. The company was founded by Eugene R. Durkee in 1857 and continues today as the Durkee company. This clear bottle stands 8 1/4" tall and has the words E R Durkee & Co. New York embossed on the face of the bottle.  It also has an interesting picture of a gauntleted hand, with a belt bordering both the lettering and the glove. It has amethyst hints to the glass.

Various Vintage Antique Pharmacy Medicine Bottles At Burnaby Village Museum, B.C.

Great place to visit!

Merry Christmas!

Jewsbury and Brown Green Glass Ginger Beer Bottle 1890's

Jewsbury and Brown were soda water and ginger beer makers based in Manchester, England.  This bottle stands 6 3/4" tall and is made of green glass with the Jewsbury and Brown logo, made up of the initials J & B, and Jewsbury and Brown in written script, all set in a Star of David.

This bottle is one of my favourites, even though I believe it is a common bottle.  I like it because it is the only glass ginger beer of its age in my collection.  Enjoy!

 

White Rock Paper Label Sparkling Mineral Water Bottle

This paper label brown glass bottle once contained world famous White Rock Sparkling Mineral Water.  The mineral water was lithiated, carbonated and bottled at the White Rock Mineral Springs in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA.  This particular bottle is the larger and more common 1 pint, 8oz. size.  The White Rock Mineral Springs Company got its start in 1871 when H.M. Colver bought the White Rock Springs and the surrounding 60 acres and began to turn the site into a health resort destination.  The Native Americans in the area had long believed the spring water had medicinal properties and Colver capitalized on this by building a pavillion, a spring house, and then later a health hotel.  In five years time Colver was bottling the spring water and by 1890, White Rock Water was one of the most popular bottled table waters in the US.  In 1893, the company adopted the image of Psyche, as represented in a painting by German artist Paul Thumann, as their trademark, and the famous image of Psyche has now endured for over 110 years as the symbol of the White Rock Company.  The White Rock brand is still being manufactured to this day; unfortunately, I haven't tried it as I can't find it anywhere in my area.  I hear they do mail order...  Check their website for more information about the modern company (whiterockbeverages.com)