We were at J's mums house this weekend, working in the garden - a good bank holiday weekend job, especially as the weather was gorgeous! Anyway, just checking the garden and putting the tools away, I saw some glass glinting and went to pick it up, so we or the dog didn't cut ourselves - but it was actually a tiny bottle - still intact. On closer inspection it was a bottle of 'Crosby's Balsamic Cough Elixir', the name was clearly on the side.
It actually looked like a little bottle from Alice in Wonderland, and just needed a 'drink me' tag hanging from it. It's only about 4" long.
I was quite intrigued, so decided to have a little look on the web to see if I could find out a little about the Elixir. It seems it could potentially be quite old, as I found an advert here, which was dated 1876, but there is no indication which magazine the advert was in. I found another reference in the Queen Mary, University of London archives in the Palace Journal, dated September 17th 1890. The bottles apparently are collectable - but there are lots around. There is even a bottle digging organisation!
It actually looked like a little bottle from Alice in Wonderland, and just needed a 'drink me' tag hanging from it. It's only about 4" long.
I was quite intrigued, so decided to have a little look on the web to see if I could find out a little about the Elixir. It seems it could potentially be quite old, as I found an advert here, which was dated 1876, but there is no indication which magazine the advert was in. I found another reference in the Queen Mary, University of London archives in the Palace Journal, dated September 17th 1890. The bottles apparently are collectable - but there are lots around. There is even a bottle digging organisation!
I love old bottles. They are all so interesting. They are often found where there used to be rubbish heaps as everything else rots away except the glass. xx
ReplyDeleteYes, we were digging out a tree stump, so when we put all the earth back I will have a good look to see if I can find anymore gems
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