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RD 47713
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Two mineral water bottles RD 47713, registered in April 1886.
Marked: SNOWDROP. J. Lyons & Co. LIVERPOOL. Embossed to its rear with the details: REGd.No:47713.
Photo © Rob Young.
John Lyon & Co were a well-known mineral water manufacturer from around the early 1900's . They had breweries in Manchester and Liverpool and their trade name was " Snowdrop.
This stoppered bottle is pre codd's patent. The idea was that a weighted ebony/wooden stopper which was fitted with a sealing washer could be used to stop the contents of the bottle escaping whilst the bottle was pressurised. When the stopper was forced inwards to open the bottle it would fall to the bottom of the bottle so the contents could be drunk.
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