Bottle, Aerated Water
Description
A clear glass with green tint bottle body. The neck is broken off but it is thought to have originally been a codd or marble bottle. Embossed with "MARK JOHNSTON, HAWERA." An image of a running hare is embossed with grass within an impressed diamond frame. The back is embossed with "PATENT SAFE GROOVE/ 4/ SOLE MAKERS/DAN RYLANDS LTD/BARNSLEY".
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Object detail
Artist/Maker
Production role
Bottler
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Subject person
Classification
Collection
Credit line
This
bottle
was
part
of
a
collection
amassed
by
Brian
Bridgeman,
a
Taranaki
butcher
and
metal
worker.
Over
a
thirty-year
collecting
career
Bridgeman
became
something
of
a
legend
for
his
comprehensive
collection
of
New
Plymouth-related
bottles,
many
of
which
he
dug
up
himself.
Collectors
around
the
country
would
come
calling
for
advice,
to
trade
or
to
glimpse
parts
of
his
collection.
Bridgeman
died
in
1991
much
of
his
treasured
New
Plymouth
collection
was
placed
on
loan
at
Taranaki
Museum.
His
family
was
keen
to
keep
the
228
bottles,
many
of
which
were
rare
and
irreplaceable,
together
and
in
May
2011
Puke
Ariki
purchased
the
collection.
For
more
information
see
Bottled
History:
The
Brian
Bridgeman
Bottle
Collection
in
Moffat,
A.
Flashback:
Tales
and
Treasures
of
Taranaki.
Wellington,
Huia,
2012,
pp.169-174.
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Accession number
A97.034
Collection type
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