Richard Snow Glass Bottle

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Description

Photo of a blue bottle created for use at Richard Snow's bakery and confectionery store in Port Whitby. It most likely contained either a flavored beer or flavored soda water which he produced in addition to baked goods. The bottle was probably manufactured at the Lockport Glass Company in New York as Canada did not have a productive glass company at this time. Marked Whitby, Canada West which dates the bottle to around 1863. One of Canada's best examples of this type of glassware.

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Richard Snow was born in Yorkshire, England on October 8, 1825. His wife was Ellen Ann Harrison, born at Whitby Township on October 7, 1836. They had 6 children.

Richard Snow opened a bakery and confectionery business in Whitby in the 1850s. In 1893 he moved to Parkdale where he operated a confectionery until he died in 1902. He is buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery. Ellen died in 1916. There is a memorial window to his family in St. John's Anglican Church, Port Whitby.

Date of Original

ca.1863

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