Historical information

Sauce came in bottles bought at the local grocery store or at a large city store on a shopping expedition. The shape of the bottles changed as did the stopper used to seal it. Bottles were re cycled remaining the property of the manufacturer. History of Rosella Pres & Manuf. Co. Ltd.

Significance

Historical: Change of bottles - shape, embossing, stopper
Aesthetic: Display showing embossing and shape

Physical description

Clear glass bottle not quite round but oval with straight sides two thirds of the way up. The glass is clear for the first 2 thirds of the straight sides and then is patterned with long vertical ripples before it begins to taper in clear glass to the lip and the opening, which has a screw top. Embossed around the circumference along the bottom in printed capital letters and on the base.

Inscriptions & markings

1 bubble in the glass on the tapered section.
Side: 'Prop. of Rosella Pres. & Manuf. Coy. Ltd R.D.No. 9062'
Base: Common seal on top (A with G and M inside) 'J367' across the middle and 'M' underneath