Monday 3rd August - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables

Monday 3rd August - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables

Catalogue

Lot 287: A Collection of Antique and Vintage Glass Apothecary, Dairy, and Perfumery Bottles

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Start price: £20

Estimated price: £30 - £40

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A collection of antique and vintage glass bottles and jars, primarily of British manufacture, encompassing apothecary, dairy, and perfumery examples. The assortment includes a variety of glass colours, notably aqua, clear, amber, and emerald green.

Featured items include a clear glass soda siphon fitted with a cast metal dispensing head and a clear glass dairy bottle featuring a blue transfer-printed crown mark with text reading E II R Dairy Windsor. The group contains several embossed aqua glass medicine bottles, with identifiable markings for Fellows Syrup of Hypophosphites and J. Asharwood Limited. Also present are aqua bottles embossed with Relis and Meadow.

The collection further comprises small amber glass essence bottles with surviving paper labels for English Lakes Grasmere Perfumery, including scents such as Tarn Hows Otto and Cumb. Other notable pieces include faceted glass decanters with glass stoppers and various pharmaceutical jars in dark brown and amber glass. Several items retain original corks or glass stoppers. The construction methods vary from mold-blown to machine-made examples.