Gin bottle

Empty gin bottle with a metal cap and two labels. There are concentric ridges at the top and bottom of the bottle. On the cap: 'GORDON'S LONDON'. Label: 'FINEST QUALITY DRY LONDON GIN', 'SIR ROBERT BURNETT & CO, LONDON SW6, ENGLAND. BURNETT'S WHITE SATIN GIN, DISTILLED AND BOTTLED BY ROBERT BURNETT, LONDON. PRODUCED IN LONDON, ENGLAND 17UP.' Moulded in the glass: 'BURNETT'S WHITE SATIN LONDON GIN', 'SMOOTH AS SATIN', 'REG NO.714778Q704 CSUGB'.

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: GGG0469
Type: Gin bottle
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Robert Burnett & Co Ltd
Date made: before 1960
People: Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 60 mm; Overall: 285 mm x 60 mm