The Doctor's Stout - Victorian Stoneware Bottle
Stock No
1396
2016
- £44.00 inc. UK Mainland Delivery
- €52 Euro
- $60 US Dollar
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Item Description
These late Victorian (c.1890s) stoneware beer bottles are wonderfully decorative pieces with a thick glaze and wonderful, crisp graphics / lettering. This example is for 'The Doctor's Stout', made by R Emmerson Jr of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and depicts a cyclist on a penny-farthing bicycle
'The Doctor's Stout' and the cyclist pictorial is probably a reference to the fact that doctor’s used to advise recovering athletes to drink Stout.
Of all the Victorian stoneware beer bottles I've encountered this is easily my favourite; the pictorial of the penny-farthing adds an extra dimension to the lettering normally found and the 'label' is embellished with so much extra wording; including the 'trade mark' bandarole and a banner with 'this label is issued only by R. Emmerson Junr. Newcastle on Tyne' sits alongside 'Bottled only by R. Emmerson Jnr. 1 George St. Newcastle on Tyne' etc.
The bottle has survived it's years in good order with just a few small patches of discolouration / marking. It has a nice maker's stamp to the lower, right side of the bottle.
The bottle measures 20.3cm high and is 6.5cm in diameter. The price includes UK Mainland delivery.
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
London, London
Item Dimensions
H: 20.3cm W: 6.5cm D: 6.5cm
Period
1890s
Item Location
Margate, England
Seller Location
London, London
Item Location
Margate, England
Seller Contact No
+44 (0)7703104788
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