Historical information

Sauce came in bottles bought at the local grocery store or at a large city store on a shopping expedition. The shape and size of the bottles changed as did the stopper used to seal it.

Significance

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

Physical description

Medium sized clear glass sauce bottle with straight sides two thirds of the way up then tapering to the neck and opening. Sealed by cork which is loose inside the bottle. Embossed at the base.

Inscriptions & markings

Base: Common Seal 'A' with 'G' at top and 'M' below inside the A. Underneath and across the middle 'M559' and beneath 'M'
'211' on edge