Demijohn

Description
A two-tone salt glazed demijohn with stopper and transfer on the shoulder "967", and a transfer on the body "MURPHY & CO/NEW PLYMOUTH/TRADE/MARK/MOUNT EGMONT/TO BE RETURNED WHEN EMPTY" and an image of Mt Taranaki/Egmont central on the front. A transfer on the side has operating instructions "TO CLOSE THE TAP/TURN HOLE IN HANDLE TO FRONT/DO NOT RAISE THE TAP ON TURNING".
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Object detail

Artist/Maker
Production role
Bottler
Subject person
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. http://www.huia.co.nz/shop&item_id=3428 
Accession number
A97.182
Collection type
Material

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