We were up at the house renovation project again over these past few days, making the most of the lovely weather. We are mainly working in the garden at the moment before the building work begins. J has been digging a trench along the back of the garden so that we can build a little retaining wall - I have been shifting all the rubble that has come out of the trench! Anyway, this area at the bottom of the garden has obviously been a dumping ground for all sorts of things and we have found several more old bottles.
You may remember me talking about a find last year - a small bottle with 'Crosby's Balsamic Cough Elixir' on the side
Now we have added a few new ones to the collection - I'm still trying to get the dirt and stains out of the bottles. We had to throw away quite a few that were cracked or broken, but a couple of the ones below are quite interesting.
This is a beer bottle that came from Iredale's High Brewery in Carlisle. The Brewery started in 1876 and was in existence for 50 years and produced a Pale Ale. The Brewery was beside the railway and apparently had its own sidings for bringing in coal and hops. I found this out by reading a review of a book called 'Carlisle Breweries and Public Houses1894 - 1916' written by Steven Davidson. I may investigate this bottle further when I have more time.
The next bottle is tiny, only 5cm high and 2cm across and has 'Roger and Gallet Paris' on the side. It looks as if it is a little bottle for perfume and may have been one of a sample pack with different scents. I found a little about the company here and here
This bottle, I suppose is a medicine bottle of some sort as it has table spoon markings along the side - I wonder what was inside???
I can't find out much about this one, but it has me intrigued.
