Crate of Kirk's softdrink bottles
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Description
Crate of Kirk's softdrink bottles, consists of 23 clear glass bottles arranged in an blue-painted storage crate. Bottles feature the Kirk's softdrink logo.
Classification
PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS Box wooden box
Maker
Measurements
Crate: L412 x D270 x H145mm
Bottle: H219 x Dia.55mm
Bottle: H219 x Dia.55mm
Media/Materials description
Glass, wood, metal
Signature/Marks
Drink Kirk's ALWAYS \ IN ALL WAYS
kirk's
DRINK \ kirk's \ ALWAYS IN ALL WAYS
kirk's
CONTENTS FL OZ
10
kirk's
DRINK \ kirk's \ ALWAYS IN ALL WAYS
kirk's
CONTENTS FL OZ
10
History and use
What we’ve come to know as ‘soft drink’, like this popular early Australian brand Kirks, began with the discovery of mineral water in the late 16th century. Scientists learned that carbon dioxide, or gas carbonium, made the water ‘fizz’, and techniques were developed to make curative carbonated drinks.
The first carbonated soft drinks were prepared for customers on the spot in pharmacies or bars and cafes, where carbonated water was mixed with syrups and flavourings.
With the development of soft drink bottling techniques in the late 19th century, corner stores, milk bars and confectionary shops here in Australia could sell soft drinks in glass bottles. These Kirks bottles looked to have had crown sealed caps, rather than marble or cork stoppers.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
The first carbonated soft drinks were prepared for customers on the spot in pharmacies or bars and cafes, where carbonated water was mixed with syrups and flavourings.
With the development of soft drink bottling techniques in the late 19th century, corner stores, milk bars and confectionary shops here in Australia could sell soft drinks in glass bottles. These Kirks bottles looked to have had crown sealed caps, rather than marble or cork stoppers.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
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Registration number
H43559.1
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