BOTTLE, CLEAR GLASS - DAVENPORT OLIVE OIL
c. 1910Clear moulded glass bottle.
Circular in shape the bottle has a slightly curving shoulder. The opening has a finish that allows for a screw cap.
There is raised moulded writing on two parts of the bottle.
A bottle of Davenport olive oil consumed at the Richon Vineyard. The vineyard often employed Eastern European workers. This is an example of the type of food they consumed which would have been very different to the traditional British based diet common in Australia
Details
Details
Shoulder reads [DAVENPORT / OLIVE OIL].
Lower location reads [THIS BOTTLE IS THE PROPERTY OF / CLELAND & SONS LTD. ADELAIDE].
MEDIUM
This bottle is an example of the food and drink consumed by the people living and working there.
Olive oil at the time was mainly purchased by people from Eastern Europe and would not have been apart of the typical Australian diet.
City of Armadale - History House
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