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BOTTLE
Unique ID: MAS-D100082
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A collection of four stoneware ginger beer bottles covered with a feldpathic glaze and stamped with 'A Phillips Victoria VI'. These bottles relate to Alexander Phillips of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, whose business ran from 1858. In 1879, his son became a partner in the business after which time the bottles are stamped 'A Phillips & Son' (B.C. & Vancouver Island - Bottles, Antiques & Collectibles, accessed November 2017). These stoneware ginger beer bottles were produced in Britain by the Doulton Lambeth Company. 'VI' stood for the crown colony of Vancouver Island. After the colonies were combined in 1866, most companies would switch to using BC or British Columbia. However, the bottles depicting 'VI' would still be used, as special orders for bottles like these could take months, if not more than a year, to reach the new colony, meaning that existing bottles were often recycled (Royal B.C. Museum Learning Portal, accessed November 2017).
Notes:
These items were found with a collection of five other bottles (MAS-D100100).
Class:
CONTAINER
Sub class: FOOD AND LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck
Chronology
Broad period: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Period from: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Period to: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Diameter: 76 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: L R
Identified by: L M
Secondary identifier: V L
Materials and construction
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3535
Four figure Latitude: 51.0662013
Four figure longitude: 1.35272976
1:25K map: TR3535
1:10K map: TR33NE
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