Dvmag85 wrote: » Anybody know how much these bottles are worth if anything atall? Are they collect able or even how old they are? I found them years ago while out shooting
chopper6 wrote: » I wish we could have a ban on threads demanding to know "How much is it worth?".
JKGT wrote: » Anybody any info on these 2, the one on left is a very small bulmers bottle and the right a goodalls.. Thanks
coylemj wrote: » The Bulmers bottle has a neck designed to take a crown cork so isn't that old. The Goodall's bottle probably isn't that old either based on the lettering and the thread on the top clearly designed to take a screw-on tin or plastic cap. It looks like it was originally a bottle of Salad Cream.
JKGT wrote: » I'm finding it very hard to find any info on the bulmers bottle at all , it holds about 200ml only.
chopper6 wrote: » Its an old Cidona bottle as sold in Pubs. It's post-1950's as evidenced by teh crown cap closure.
JKGT wrote: » It has bulmers printed on the glass???
chopper6 wrote: » Bulmers made Cidona
coylemj wrote: » They still do. Soft drinks were sold in 1/3 of a pint (189ml) bottles before capacities were converted to metric so it has to be a Cidona bottle. The only alcoholic drink sold in 1/3 pint bottles was Barley Wine which was not manufactured by Bulmers.
JKGT wrote: » Thanks here is a few more I found while out digging the garden.
chopper6 wrote: » marmalade jar,bulmers flagon stopper,iodine(or similar),oxo bottle and what looks like a bleach bottle...all 1960's or so.
coylemj wrote: » +1 The Bulmers 'flagon stopper' is the cap that I described in post #3 above, it's missing the orange rubber seal. If a chemist dispensed medication in a six-sided bottle, it indicated that it was not for internal consumption i.e. it was for external (topical) application only. You can read 'Not to be taken' down one side. They were often referred to as 'poison bottles'. The tiny dark jar with the oval body could be Marmite but more likely it's a Bovril bottle.
coylemj wrote: » If you mean the two pint Bulmers bottle (known as a 'flagon'), I doubt they'd be worth much. That was how Cider and Cidona was sold up to the late 1960s - you asked for a pint or a half pint and the barman filled the appropriate glass from the flagon. There would have been thousands in circulation so I'm sure plenty of them have survived. The glass was dark brown and the bottle had a black bakelite screwtop cap with an orange rubber seal to make it airtight. The rubber seal rings were perfect for attaching a simple fishing reel to a bamboo fishing rod! Your specimen would probably need to have the original 'woodpecker' label in VG condition for the bottle to be a collectible.
Dvmag85 wrote: » Sorry but I'm not able to post pics, The two bottles I have are like what you've described there one has no markings on it accept for on the bottom it's stamped 1262 C and the other has "BULMERS" on the side and 893 L on the bottom, was just curious to know a bit about them because I have them a good while now and don't really know much about them, thanks
