Page 20 - BBR July 5 2020 Auction

73. COVENTRY MINERAL WATER COMPANY GINGER BEER DUO. Tallest 6.7ins. Both std, all tan is int. stopper, bike in buckled band, Pearson p.m. Off white cork closure, simpler bike pict., Bilston p.m. (2) (8/10) £20-30+
74. COVENTRY MINERAL WATER COMPANY GINGER BEER DUO. Tallest 6.6ins, both cork close, t.t. has blue transfer, Pearson p.m. All tan has Bilston p.m. (2) (8.8/10)
£20-30+
71. BOVRIL JAR. 3.4ins tall. Absolutely stunning mid viridian green crude, machine made, wide mouthed jar. Embossed ‘4oz/ BOVRIL/ LIMITED’. One side carries ‘HG223’. Screaming mint, full glass sheen
- if we’re finding fault there’s a tiny pinhead nick under the edge of the lip - atypical on such square edged glass edges. Exc/A1. (9.9/10) NR £30-40+
72. BOVRIL COMMEMORATIVE COIN. 2cms diam. metal coin, embossed ‘Souvenir Of
The/ Diamond Jubilee/ Year/ 1897’, crown above, to one
side & ‘The Great Success/
Of/ The Longest Reign’ to
other. (Extra image shows coin beside a UK 1p coin for comparison -
not included in the sale, lol). Tarnished! NR
75. JAMES STIFF & SONS POTTERY SAMPLE GINGER BEER BOTTLE. 7.1ins tall. An extremely rare pottery company full size all white ginger beer bottle, swing stopper closure type, with an ornate transfer , entwined initials to the centre surrounded by foliate design. ‘JAMES STIFF’ at the top and ‘STONEWARE MANUFACTURERS/ LONDON POTTERY/ LAMBETH LONDON’ below. No actual impressed p.m. though! Although there is a tiny flake to one of the swing stopper holes the item is really exc/ A1. Another exceptionally rare sample bottle offering. (9.9/10) NR £300-400+
Extract from David Askey’s ‘Stoneware Bottles’:
James Stiff’s London Pottery was second only in size to Doulton in London in the 19th century being also located in Lambeth High St, fronting onto to the Thames.
A pottery was operating on a small scale on the site in 1751, and in 1840 the manufactory was taken over by James Stiff, consisting then of just two kilns. Extensive development took place and by 1878 the works extended to fourteen kilns, some over 20ft in diameter, including a private dock which enabled the company to develop a considerable export trade.
Principle products were brown salt glazed stoneware of all types including: drainpipes, water filters, jugs, bottles, jars and all types of chemical apparatus, off white and two tone ‘Bristol’ glazed wares.
By the 1870’s James Stiff & Sons employed about 200 people, the annual import of clay and coals was about fifteen thousand tons and much of the ware was exported to many parts of the world. The pottery was taken
over by Doulton & Co in 1913.