Round Lake Shoreline

Round Lake Shoreline - Coloured Glass

These various bits of coloured glass speak to wines, spirits and medicines. Most whisky bottles were brown, early gins were often moss green and angular, and wines most often green. Soda bottles were usually green or clear, and ales brown. Pinched little rectangular bottles with a mulberry tinge likely held medicinals. Colour protected the contents from sunlight.

Green Bottle

Collection: Round Lake Shoreline
Object: Bottle
Material: Glass
Period: Mid 19th Century - Late 19th Century

This green bottle, a colour usually reserved for spirits, was manufactured in a mould. The rectangular shape made for efficient use of packing crates. The partial name EYM likely refers to the purveyor.