Name/TitleMilk Bottle
About this object1/3 pint milk bottle with cap, of the type used during WWII to supply milk to all.
The milk bottle is the type the donor had milk in at primary school during WWII. Milk was brought in crates, one bottle for each child. The middle of the cap can be pressed in and a straw inserted in hole.
Caps were used to make woolly bobbles, could be used for working horses manes in show ring or toys for young children in prams.
Medium and MaterialsBottle: Glass
Cap: Cardboard
Inscription and MarksOn cardboard top: Full cream milk. Clean and Safe
On bottom bottle: FGC 12 457
MeasurementsHeight: 140mm
Diameter: 57mm
Object numberSTMEA:2018-520
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
