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170. BUTLERS WOLVERHAMPTON ALES BEER & GLEN DOONE WHISKY PUB JUG. 4.8ins tall, rear handle. Slightly tapering straights ided jug, pouring lip, rear handle. Full drinking gent pict. one side, whiksy wording to rear. Lot comes with a named metal bottle opener, and a book pack of matches. Base maker transfer. Overall crazing filled with rust, to clean or not, old under edge base chip. (3). 8/10? NR.
The brewery site was originally purchased in 1873 by William Butler to house his growing business, the Springfield Brewery opening in 1874 under the William Butler and Company name.
At its peak Butlers Springfield Brewery was producing 1,500 barrels of beer a week and employing 900 people.
The brewery clock tower was built in 1922.
The family name continued William’s sons, first Edwin, then Samuel took the reins. The family connection ended when Samuel Butler left the board of directors in 1950.
The company was taken over in 1960 by Mitchells and Butlers, with a gradual decline in production at the site, brewing ceased entirely in 1990,
closing completely in 1991.
A ferocious blaze ravaged the site in 2004, destroying much of the historic site. Foundations were laid, but plans to build 300 homes on the site were abandoned amid economic troubles in the late 2000s.
Bough Brewery, a micro-brewery, began producing Springfield
Ale on the site in 2011 and the
Wolverhampton University purchased the site in 2014 with ambitious plans to create super campus.
171. BUTLERS WOLVERHAMPTON PUB JUG. 3.6ins tall. Vivid red body
173. ALLSOPP INDIA PALE ALE PUB JUG. 5.2ins tall, hexagonal body, pouring
lip, rear handle Ornate neck embellishment, title transfer both sides with bright red hand trade mark to centre. Some rim gold wear. 9/10 NR.
174. MARSTONS BURTON ALES. 4.7ins tall. Shiny glaze - dark blue top, bright white lower, pouring lip, rear handle. Black & gold embellised (t.m.) both sides. T.G. Green pict base mark. Slight gold wear, overall exc/ A1. 9.5/10. NR.
colour with drinking gent, as previous lot, each side. Wade Regicor base mark. Ele Curtis Collection. Exc/A1. 10/10. NR.
172. IND COOPES BURTON ALES
PUB JUG. 5.6ins tall, protruding lip, rear handle, top deep blue (some wear), green transfer both sides with red building t.m. Minton p.m. 9/10. NR.