Hmm, I guess it was van Dusseldorf. I guess the P was just an engraving error. Excellent job Canadian for finding this out.There's some information about the company here (in Dutch): https://www.deoudeflesch.nl/wp-cont...ters-op-cachets-van-Nederlandse-flessen-1.pdf I didn't type it out into Google Translate but it looks like the company made gin from 1841-1919.
Another one of their bottles is shown here: https://www.deoudeflesch.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kelderflessen-met-vogels-in-cachet.pdf
You are a fantastic researcher and a great person for helping people out like you do. If you're ever in Utah, I'd love to meet ya!There's some information about the company here (in Dutch): https://www.deoudeflesch.nl/wp-cont...ters-op-cachets-van-Nederlandse-flessen-1.pdf I didn't type it out into Google Translate but it looks like the company made gin from 1841-1919.
Another one of their bottles is shown here: https://www.deoudeflesch.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kelderflessen-met-vogels-in-cachet.pdf
Thanks, I really appreciate that! Never been anywhere near Utah before but I'd love to see that area one of these days.You are a fantastic researcher and a great person for helping people out like you do. If you're ever in Utah, I'd love to meet ya!
The page I linked goes back and forth between both spellings, so I'm pretty sure it was Dusseldorp but that author got confused about it as well. Unless there's some reason that both spellings could be correct? I'm not familiar enough with Dutch to know.Hmm, I guess it was van Dusseldorf. I guess the P was just an engraving error. Excellent job Canadian for finding this out.
Vlaardingen is a city, not a person. It's a suburb of Rotterdam. It's possible that the company moved to the central city later in its life, or maybe they decided to emboss the name of the city which people outside of Holland would recognize rather than the city where they were technically located.Hello Everyone,
Thanks for the replies and research, I appreciate the information. This bottle was found in the West Kootenay area of British Columbia at an old unknown mine site, not sure exactly where. There was sporadic transient activity in the area related to mining in the 1870s but settlement occurred later.
I found the company name on Gin-Bottles.com under embossed lettered seals but it was in partnership with VLAARDINGEN, not solo. See pictures below. I suspect this bottles was very late after the business partnership ended given the later design and the solo business venture.
Wondering what CGz stands for, it must be a business related designation. Also interested in any other examples of this bottle if anyone has one.
Thanks