Black Glass Ale/Beer Bottle

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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.

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

  • 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.

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

165138S1454201E
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://oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/46.

Item Relations

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