Object Name
Bottle, Condiment
Date Made
Circa 1900
Materials
Glass
Catalogue Number
2009.038.056
Dimensions

Base Diameter: 5.0cm x Height: 18.5cm

Description

This is a glass sauce bottle. It is moulded and colourless. The bottle has a circular base and body, a long neck and an applied 3-part "clab sauce" finish. There are embossed words on the side and around the shoulder of the bottle, read "Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce". The embossed words on the base of the bottle are "A C B Co 9152". There is a paper label on the bottle that reads "WFEHR" in red ink.

History

Lea & Perrins made the sauce and the bottle was made by Aire and Calder Bottling Co. in Yorkshire, England.