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Stoneware beer or ginger beer bottle with the inscription 'ATLAS'.

Object

Bottle

Production date

1890-1898

Object number

2015.44

Physical Description

Dark brown stoneware bottle with 'ATLAS' impressed on the shoulder. This most likely refers to Atlas Brewery based on Bath Row, Dalston Lane c. 1890-1898. According to the census enumerartor's walk in 1891, it was adjacent to Bath Place and Tyssen Street.

Doner discovered this bottle while doing building work in Clapton in the early-mid 1990s. They believe this was on Southwold Road, adjacent to Clapham Station.

Material

Stoneware

Dimension

Circumference (Base): 71mm
Height (Whole): 170mm

On display?

No

Inscription

ATLAS