Summary
This light green soda bottle was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003. It is a Hamilton patent bottle which was manufactured using a two piece mould.
Alcohol and Drinking.
There were 15 hotels at Little Lon in 1900. The profusion of beer, wine and spirit bottles revealed in excavations at Little Lon confirms that immense quantities of liquor were consumed. Were the drinkers mainly residents or visitors to Little Lon? Unearthed in the former yard of a 'high-class' brothel was a mass of French wine and champagne bottles. Reformers identified alcohol as a major social problem - 'the cause of crime, disease, insanity, marriage breakdown, poverty'.
Physical Description
This is a light green glass bottle which has blobb top lip with a tapering neck and an egg-shaped body with a pointy base. The basal profile is convex and on each side of the body there is a large embossed oval.
Physical Description
Egg-shaped body (pointy base). Embossed oval on opposing sides of body with a small circle in centre. Width 80mm, length 218mm Hamilton patent bottle. Previously recorded as 1870-1890.
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Heritage Victoria, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, 03 May 2005
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Manufacture Date
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Context Number
27/22
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Site
[TCS] Australia, Victoria, Commonwealth Block, Melbourne
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Specific Activity
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Colour
Green, Light
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Moulding
2-piece moulded
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Form
Torpedo; Blob Top
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Exhibition Collection Management
225 mm (Length), 70 mm (Width)
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