£700
RETFORD BULB NECK PATENT. 9.5ins long, aqua glass. An extraordinary octagonal facetted hamilton shape, three panels well embossed: W UNSWORTH/ GROVE STREET/ RETFORD, curve pattern to pointed end. Diana Snowden provided some background: William Unsworth traded as a soda & aerated water manufacturer, ale & porter merchant, postmaster, wedding & funeral proprietor, furniture remover & owner of the Turks Head, Grove Street, East Retford. Early documentation accords the business was said to have formed in 1847. Initially, William traded alone but by 1876 was in partnership with Samuel Baker the business becoming Unsworth & Baker. However 17. BROSGROVE HYBRID BOTTLE. 8ins long, aqua glass. Well embossed front CORBETT & CO/ BROMS GROVE, bird in shield pict. .m. elephant atop. Cannington Shaw makers to reverse. A scare 6oz Worcestershire mineral. Exc/ A1. 9.7/10. NR. �80-120+ W4616 the partnership ended in 1884, William Unsworth trading independently. He died in 1905 leaving effects totalling �15,912-172 3d. After his death, in stepped daughter Emily, who continued the business until 1928 when it was taken over by Messrs. Ward & Sons of Swinton who retained the name of W. Unsworth planning to retain all the customers from the �old f irm�. The Turks Head in Grove Street still stands today in all its glory after being rebuilt on the original site in 1939 - still proudly retaining a coaching arch. A very rare early mineral patent. Exc/A1.
9.5/10
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