Object Name
Bottle, Condiment
Artist/Maker
Aire and Calder Bottling Co.
Materials
Glass
Catalogue Number
2009.038.016
Dimensions

Diameter: 5.0cm x Height: 19.0cm

Description

This is a glass sauce bottle. It is moulded and light aquamarine in colour. The bottle has a circular base and a cylindrical body. It has an applied 3 part "club sauce" finish. On the side and around the shoulder of the bottle, there are embossed words that read "Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce". The embossed words on the base are "A C B Co 9152". There is a white label on the bottle that reads "WFEHR" in red ink. The sauce was made by Lea & Perrins, and the sauce bottle was made by Aire and Calder Bottling Co. in Yorkshire, England.

History

Lea & Perrins was the maker of the Lea and Perrins of England de Worcestershire Sauce from circa 1850 until toay. The early bottles with this mark were made by Aire and Calder Bottling Co. in Yorkshire, England.