GRAVESEND

Axcell Brothers, Shrubbery Road, Gravesend

Label: AXCELL BROS. GRAVESEND (AB monogram)

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Colour: Top (above shoulder) yellow-brown; bottom (below shoulder) plain; black print
Maker’s mark:

Label: AXCELL BROS. GRAVESEND (AB monogram) (with AXCELL on neck)

Height: 19.6 cm
Closure: Screw-top
Colour: Top (above shoulder) yellow-brown; bottom (below shoulder) plain; black print
Maker’s mark: FULHAM POTTERY LONDON (printed below label)

Label: AXCELL’S GRAVESEND HOME BREWED GINGER BEER (with AXCELL on neck)

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Colour: Top (above shoulder) yellow-brown; bottom (below shoulder) plain; black print
Maker’s mark:

W. T. Hayward, 12 Stuart Road, Gravesend

Label: BREWED GINGER BEER.CONTENTS MANUFACTURED BY W.T.HAYWARD. Stuart Road GRAVESEND. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY OTHER BUT THE OWNER TO FILL THIS BOTTLE.

Height: 17.4 cm
Closure: Cork
Colour: Plain; black print
Maker’s mark: STIFF E LAMBETH

Label: BREWED GINGER BEER CONTENTS MANUFACTURED BY W.T.HAYWARD STUART ROAD GRAVESEND IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY OTHER BUT THE OWNER TO FILL THIS BOTTLE

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Colour: Top (above shoulder) yellow-brown; bottom (below shoulder) plain; black print
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NB. This is known with both “standard” and “champagne” type bottles

Hinge Brothers, 31 Windmill Street, Gravesend

Label: HINGE BROS GINGER BEER BREWED FROM SELECTED GREEN JAMAICA GINGER

Height: 17.0 cm
Closure: Screw-top
Colour: Top (above shoulder) yellow-brown; bottom (below shoulder) plain; black print
Maker’s mark: PRICE 0 (9?) BRISTOL

GRAVESEND and SEVENOAKS

Josiah Nash & Co., 22 Harmer Street, Gravesend (and also High Street, Sevenoaks)

Gravesend Mineral Water Co. 1896-1902

Label: J.NASH. (on neck) GRAVESEND & SEVENOAKS. Above oval with TRADE MARK, showing a bird attacking a tortoise

The bird illustrated may be a lammergeyer, which carry tortoises into the sky and then drop them onto rocks to break them open.

Height: 16.6 cm
Closure: Cork
Colour: Top (above shoulder) yellow-brown; bottom (below shoulder) plain; black print
Maker’s mark: None

Last updated 2 June 2016

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