Royal Artillery bottle

[mpw]

Here is something a bit unusual. It is a lemonade bottle with marble stopper which is embossed on the front " ROYAL ARTILLERY CANTEEN SHOEBURYNESS". Embossed on the rear is " JOHN KILNER MAKERS WAKEFIELD"It probably dated from between 1900 - 1914. Shoeburyness is in Essex and is still being used to this day as a testing area for detonating munitions. I imagine after a hard days graft a nice cool glass of lemonade was most welcome.



Mark.

[dangermouse]

Nice COD bottle. Thats fantastic!

Mouse

[Jerry B]

Very nice, I have found loads of these over the years but never a military one.

[mpw]

Thanks for the replies. Many years ago before I collected anything military I do remember seeing similar bottles from Woolwich and Brompton (near Gillingham kent). Not sure if they were used anywhere else in the country though.

Mark.

[Whitehunter]

Very cool

[diver99]

Nice interesting bottle. My man who i go to for bottle info (he has 11 000 bottles), has never seen one! Got any more?

[diver99]

Here's a slightly different one I have; JUNIOR ARMY & NAVY STORES LIMITED ALDERSHOT