Edinburgh Glass Bottle

Donated by Jim (Drylaw)

This bottle was donated to the museum by Jim who saved it from his father’s garden shed clear out.  It bears the name Trussell and Co. who were an Edinburgh drinks company in the early 1900’s.  This was most probably a soda water or ginger beer bottle and would have likely been reused many times as there was then a financial incentive to return glass bottles after use.  For an item over 100 years old it puts our disposable consumer habits to shame.

Edinburgh Glass Bottle

Donated by Jim (Drylaw)

This bottle was donated to the museum by Jim who saved it from his father’s garden shed clear out.  It bears the name Trussell and Co. who were an Edinburgh drinks company in the early 1900’s.  This was most probably a soda water or ginger beer bottle and would have likely been reused many times as there was then a financial incentive to return glass bottles after use.  For an item over 100 years old it puts our disposable consumer habits to shame.

Edinburgh

Glass Bottle

Donated by Jim (Drylaw)

This bottle was donated to the museum by Jim who saved it from his father’s garden shed clear out.  It bears the name Trussell and Co. who were an Edinburgh drinks company in the early 1900’s.  This was most probably a soda water or ginger beer bottle and would have likely been reused many times as there was then a financial incentive to return glass bottles after use.  For an item over 100 years old it puts our disposable consumer habits to shame.