....More Objects From Number 60 Lonsdale Street

Fragments of porcelain
Probably a handle for a larger piece.
27/22/26
Bottle
Possibly a pickle jar. Embossed scrolls on shoulders, c. 1870s-90s. Height 195 mm.
27/22/05
Seals from French wine bottles
Embossed with Margaux Medoc, a Bordeaux vineyard, c.1870. High-class brothels served the best wines and champagnes to their customers. In cheap boarding houses and back lanes nearby, destitute men and women drank cheap adulterated spirits and contaminated wines.
27/22/14
Bottle
Probably for salad oil, c.1850s-80s. Height 260 mm.
27/22/06
No Image Available Soda or lemonade bottle
Hamiltons patent type, c. 1870-90. Length 218 mm.
27/22/02
French wine bottle
Embossed with E. Pernod A. Couvet on a seal, c.1840-80. Height 303 mm. High-class brothels served the best wines and champagnes to their customers. In cheap boarding houses and back lanes nearby, destitute men and women drank cheap adulterated spirits and contaminated wines.
27/09/11
Plates
Staffordshire Potteries, England, c.1828-50. Some of the plates found on the site were of fine design. However, these are earthenware plates, manufactured for everyday use
27/23/31
Pitcher
Fragments of the pitcher only were found.c.1860 or later.
27/23/19
Champagne bottle
One of eleven found together. French, c.1850-1900. Note fragment of wrapper on neck. Length 305 mm. Most of the French champagne bottles found during the archaeological dig were dug up from the yard of this house. From three trenches located near some of the brothels in the area, 112 bottles for alcoholic drinks were excavated; most had contained champagne, wine, port or liqueurs, and there were some bottles for gin, beer, rice wine and porter.
27/09/15
Soda or lemonade bottle
Hamiltons patent bottle type, c. 1840-90. Length 218 mm. 27/23/14

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