A pleasing glass jar

We are not absolutely certain what this jar’s original use was. From its style we think it dates from the Edwardian era – roughly the first ten years of the twentieth century. On display, it se...

A Bovril Jar

OK, glass Bovril jars are almost as common as muck but we are still pleased to have one at the museum. It was acquired at a day centre sale earlier this month. It’s a small one. These jars were fa...

Eiffel Tower Lemonade

Do you remember this drink? If so that’s slightly hard luck, for you are getting on a bit. It’s hard to discover precisely when production stopped. The firm that made this ‘drink’ ceased produ...

An Oxo bottle

If we judge from past experience this post could be destined to be very popular. Many users of our blog check in every day but quite a lot of posts are found by people using search engines. As the ‘...

Lavington Snails

  In a recent conversation with Tom Gye, our secretary was told that Bristol glass blowers used to come to Lavington for snails. The reason for this was that eating snails was reputed to give gl...

The Brewery Tap

The Brewery Tap was a small pub on White Street, Market Lavington.  It closed its doors to the drinkers – beer brewed on the premises – in the mid 1920s. It survives as a building although it is ...

Bottles and Bowls

Bottles, made of glass, are amazing survivors. Museums like ours at Market Lavington are almost certain to have collections of bottles from the past. They can form a good basis for a display, often fa...

A Silver Jubilee glass

Today we complete a collection of three ‘royal event’ glasses which came from Clyffe Hall and formed part of the scene when it was run as Clyffe Hall Hotel. This one dates from 1977 – our presen...

A Coronation Glass – 1953 style

Our Queen Elizabeth II had her Coronation in 1953. For many, this was the dawn of the new Elizabethan age. The war had ended 8 years before, and whilst we still lived in austerity Britain, it was a ti...

George VI – Coronation Memorabilia

No doubt many an item was produced for people to buy, to remember the coronation of King George VI back in 1937. We featured a handkerchief last year and you can re-read that page by clicking here. T...