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bottle, milk and seven tops

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  • Other Name

    Imperial 1/2 pint milk bottle and six cardboard caps (including cap for 1953-54 Royal Visit] (full name)

  • Description

    Imperial 1/2 pint milk bottle and seven cardboard bottle caps

    (including cap for 1953-54 Royal Visit]

    clear glass milk bottle with wide neck and ribbed lip

    markings: maker's marks embossed on side of bottle: "1/2 IMPERIAL PINT / L55"

    seven cardboard bottle caps printed in red and blue

    "WELCOME TO OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN - 1953-1954 " "ER / [crown emblem ] (x1) "AMBURY'S / PASTEURISED MILK" / "N.Z. CO-OP DAIRY CO. LTD / OWENS ROAD, EPSOM (x4); "PURE CREAM" (x2)

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1982.34
  • Accession Date
    09 Feb 1982
  • Other Id

    M2161 (miscellaneous)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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