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THE SUTHERLANDS SPLIT SIZES FROM CANADA COME IN THREE VARIANTS ALL MADE BY BUCHAN.LIGHT TOP WITH LIGHT PRINT, LIGHT TOP WITH DARKER PRINT AND DARKER TOP WITH LIGHT PRINT.IT TOOK ME SOMETIME TO GET THE SET.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT POTTERS/MAKERS ARE BUCHAN, GOVANCROFT, POSSIL AND BUCHAN. NOTICE THE VERY STRIKING AND VERY RARE LIME GREEN TOP
AUSTRALIA GETS A LOOK IN NOW WITH SOME GOOD COLOUR TOPS AND THEY HAVE MANY MORE.
SOUTH AFRICAN REALLY DOES HAVE SOME GREAT BOTTLES AND I WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO GET SOME MORE
THREE CANADIAN PICTORIALS - THE NAPOLEON SARAULT WITH THE BISONS HEAD IS BUCHAN MADE WHILE THE TERRIS IS A GOVANCROFT
THREE REALLY ATTRACTIVE AMERICAN BOTTLES HERE TWO OF WHICH CONTAINED ROOT BEER.THE SHAPE OF THE ONE OF THE LEFT IS KNOWN AS A BOWLING PIN FOR OBVIOUS REASONS
HOLLAND HAS A LOT OF COLOUR TOP BOTTLES AND A LOT OF THEM ARE LIGHT BLUE WITH MATCHING PRINT.SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE SPECKLED TOPS.THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR BOTTLES THAT I REGULARLY FIND EASILY BUT THE OTHERS ARE MUCH HARDER TO LOCATE.
NEW ZEALAND COLOUR TOPS HERE ONE OF WHICH IS A FAVOURITE DUE TO THE FACT ITS PICTORIAL AND A SLIMLINE AS WELL.
THREE AMERICAN GINGERS ALL WITH COLOURED PRINTS. THE "GINGERBRU" BOTTLE WITH THE BLUE PRINT NEVER MADE IT INTO CIRCULATION. THE COMPANY WHO COMMISSIONED THE BOTTLES WENT INTO LIQUIDATION BEFORE ANY BOTTLES WERE FILLED OR SOLD.
MORE DUTCH GEMS HERE WITH THE TWO ONE THE OUTSIDE POPPING UP FREQUENTLY IN MY SEARCH FOR THE OTHERS.
TWO BOTTLES MADE IN THE UK AND SHIPPED TO INDIA. THE ONE OF THE LEFT IS TYPICAL OF THE HIGH QUALITY LATE BOTTLES THAT BOURNE DENBY PRODUCED.THIS ONE IS 1935 BUT I HAVE A BOURNE BOTTLE IN THE COLLECTION THAT IS 1948.
GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE RICH EARTHY GLAZE COLOURS AVAILABLE.
THE PICTORIAL ON THE RIGHT COMES IN TWO VERSIONS - THE OTHER ONE HAS CARBONATED STONE GINGER WRITTEN UNDERNEATH THE OVAL.THE VERSION SHOWN NORMALLY HAS A WEAKER PRINT BUT THIS BOTTLE IS QUITE SCARCE BECAUSE THE PRINT IS NICE AND BOLD.
THREE EXTREEMLY RARE DUTCH BOTTLES HERE. THE BECHT & SON IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BOTTLES BECAUSE IT HAS SO MUCH GOING ON. ITS A DOUBLE PRINT WITH REALLY DARK BLUE TOP, DATED BOURNE 1937,MADE IN ENGLAND ON THE ACTUAL PRINT,TOWN AND COUNTRY - HOLLAND ON THE PRINT, CONTENTS SIZE IN PRINT AND ALSO IT CONTAINED GRAPE JUICE NOT GINGER BEER.ALSO, BECHT IS THE FAMOUS BEER MAKING FAMILY AND ITS SUPER RARE.
HOLLAND AGAIN WITH THREE MORE DECENT BOTTLES
THREE NICE DARK BLUE TOPS FROM HOLLAND. LEMONADE WAS A VERY POPULAR DRINK IN HOLLAND AT THE TIME AND SOME SAY THE INVASION OF HOLLAND BY GERMANY IN WW2 WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEMISE OF THESE BOTTLES
CANADIAN BLUE TOPS WITH THE DOLAN AND THE TERRIS ROOT BEER BEING GOVANCROFT MADE
MORE CANADIAN EXAMPLES WITH NICE RICH COLOUR TOPS . SOME OF THESE CANADIAN DARK TOPS HAVE AN ALMOST METALIC FINISH WHICH IS REALLY ATTRACTIVE.
THIS DUTCH BOTTLE IS STILL REASONABLY EASY TO FIND AND THIS EXAMPLE IS NICE BECAUSE IT WAS CELLAR FOUND WITH AN ORIGINAL PAPER LABEL ADVERT AT THE REAR
REALLY NICE TO HANDLE IS THIS CANADIAN LITTLE SPLIT SIZE GINGER WITH CRESCENT MOON PICTURE TO MATCH TRADING NAME.YOU CAN TELL ITS BUCHAN MADE JUST BY LOOKING AT IT.
DUTCH LEMONADE WITH BLUE TOP AND PRINT
ANOTHER STUNNING BOTTLE FROM BOURNE DENBY DATED 1935. DOUBLE PRINT WITH PICTURE OF A MAN PLOUGHING A FIELD.LOCAL FLORA ON SHOW WITH A CABBAGE TREE AND PUNGA FERN. NEW ZELAND HAS SOME REALLY TERRIFIC BOTTLES.
