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bottle

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  • Description

    beer bottle

    glass, amber beer bottle, Mac's Gold All Malt Lager; cylindrical bottle with plastic label; crown seal top; mould seam connecting lip to neck, average sized neck leading into sloped round shoulders; two side mould seams from top to base of bottle; body has a ridged pattern upto label, neck to shoulders; beige label with gold accents and text: Mac's Gold / ALL MALT LAGER / NO CHEMICALS / NO SUGAR; label has coat of arms with the "McCashin" name bannered above, with latin motto below: HUE TENDIMUS OMMES; coat of arms has a shield with three swans, above is a profile of a knight's helmet, surrounded flourish pattern; reverse of label has a brief history of Mac's Gold's production and short description of beer flavour, with guarantee of purity; base of bottle contact surface has a raised groove pattern; bottle has shallow insweep with raised embossed text: NOT TO BE REFILLED; manufacturing mark: E6 / 8.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1997.80.63
  • Accession Date
    20 Jan 1998
  • Department
bottle, 1997.80.63, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 08… … Read more

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