Historical information

Found in old retaining wall during restoration work in 1980s together with some original earthenware chimney pots that are now restored to chimneys at Hymettus.

Significance

The presence of such items discarded in garden areas and fill, indicates that these imported bottles were a common utensil in the area. Bourne's Denby pottery was a prolific producer of such items in the nineteenth century and Denby remained a notable British pottery into the late twentieth century.

Physical description

damage to top from spade otherwise undamaged with glaze to all sides.

Inscriptions & markings

Impress stamp lower side of bottle.