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Old Mansfield Bottles

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Discovered at Forest Town School in 2001
By Malcolm Marples

In 2001 when foundations were being dug for an extension to Forest Town Primary School these bottles exposed along with several other items.

Among the selection of bottles ones clearly associated with Mansfield are shown here;

  1. [Not Mansfield]
  2. Green glass - Cadogan & Watson Dimond Brewers Mansfield (Screwed top)
  3. Green Glass - Henry Powell Clumber Street Mansfield (Cork Top)
  4. Green Glass - Henry Powell Clumber Street Mansfield (With marble stopper)
  5. Green Glass - Henry Powell Clumber Street Mansfield (Bottle broken)
  6. Green Glass - H.J&B Metham Mansfield (Bottle Broken)

Some of the other items found can be seen on 'Mystery Discoveries' Forest Town School page.

This page was added on 21/01/2011.

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I have a green glass bottle with 'William Hornby, Mansfield' embossed on the front of it. It is in good condition and was found on West Gate during the demolition of old shops during the early 1970's. I beleive William Hornby was a wine and spirit's merchant on West Gate in the late 1800's early 1900's.

By angela roche
On 24/01/2011

Hi, I have a bottle marked Hornbys Limited Mansfield with a picture of a horse trade mark & says eclipse 1770. I found this in a garden at Chapel St Leonards. Can you tell me anything about this? Regards Ken

By Ken Reader
On 11/09/2011

Ecclipse was a race horse owend by H J Metam, who used it as his logo on his bottles. William Hornby brought H J Methams and adopted the logo, these bottles were used for soft drinks like lemonade, they were in business up-until around the end of the 2nd world war. There is or was an eclipse emblem on the side of a building at the top of Midworth St in Mansfield.

By scott wilson
On 24/03/2012

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