BOTTLE - EARTHENWARE, FRAGMENT
c. 1910A fragment of a ceramic jar. The outer edge has been glazed with a deep blue and cream colour. The entirety of the fragment is curved.
Along the thinniest edge is the outermost part of a circle.
The item would have been thrown into a rubbish pit once it broke or the item no longer had any use. What appears to be a banded circle is on the edge of the piece. This may indicate that the bottle had a logo, image, or some other form of marketing on it.
The Richon vineyard was originally planted by Joseph and Anton Marian in 1901 as Marians Vineyard with some locals referring to it as The Slavonian Vineyard. Joseph was Anton’s uncle and was originally from Austria.
A cellar was built at the site in 1906 but was almost completely burnt to the ground in 1914, it would be rebuilt and extended.
In 1919 the vineyard was sold to Gerald Valentine Patrick McCarthy who renamed it in 1920 to Richon after Rishon LeZion, a town in what is now Israel. McCarthy had spent time in the town during the First World War as an intelligence officer.
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An example of the items used at Richon Vineyard.
