Bottle

An unopened hexagonal bottle of Booth's Orange Bitters. On the seal: 'BOOTH'S DISTILLERIES ORANGE BITTERS'. On the label '...in bottle only BOOTH'S finest quality BOOTH'S FINEST ORANGE BITTERS, London 5º Proof. Each bottle bears our signature and trade mark - a red lion. OUR FINEST QUALITY PRODUCED AND BOTTLED BY BOOTH'S DISTILLERIES LTD 53-5 TURNMILL STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND. PRODUCED IN LONDON ENGLAND.' Moulded in the glass of the bottle: 'BOOTH'S DISTILLERIES, LONDON'. Booth's moved from this address in 1976.

Part of a large collection of advertising and shipping company material collected by Mr Victor Brooks while working as a purser for the New Zealand Shipping Company and Port Line 1941-72.

Object Details

ID: GGG0468
Type: Bottle
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Booth's Distilleries Ltd
Date made: Mid 20th century
People: Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 60 mm; Overall: 182 mm x 60 mm