Historical information

This kind of container would have been used in the early 1900s for carrying liquids. Sometimes wines and beers would be fermented in them.

Significance

This objects is part of the history fo small business in Portland and the Glenelg Shire. This would have been used for the purchasing of liquids from grocery stores or for home fermentation of wines.

Physical description

Large glazed stoneware bottle with cork stopper. The bottom of the bottle up to the shoulder is a light cream colour. From the shoulder upwards the colour is a darker camel colour. Around the next of the bottle there is a sturdy piece of string and a cork stopper in the top.