Ginger Beer Bottle
Manufacturer
Brook And Hale
Date1850 - 1899
Object NameBottle
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall: Height: 17 cm, Diameter: 6.9 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1984.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 06
Object numberABDMS008726
Keywords
The consumption of ginger beer increased greatly in the nineteenth century because it was sometimes safer to drink than the local water and its refreshing non-alcoholic properties appealed to the growing number of temperance groups.
Exhibitions
Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
19th Century