Robert Douglas, Kirkcaldy bottle
1, 2 &3. Clear glass bottle heavily embossed 'Robert Douglas - Kirkcaldy'.
In the centre of the bottle the word 'Lothrie' is embossed in a
'star pattern. It stands 10 1/2" high and the base is 2 3/4" in
diameter. there are three minor chips: one on the base edge, one on
the back and one on the threaded lip. There is a screw stopper with
the bottle, but it is not the original as the stopper is engraved 'W. Gill
& Co., Brighouse'. A very impressive rare item and for its age - c.
1900(?) - it is in very good condition.
4. Unusually marked
early 1900s 'blob top' liquor bottle
This may be the Robert Douglas
who ran an engineering company in Kirkcaldy. Or, perhaps, his son? A
similar bottle has 'Robert Douglas Lady Bank Kirkcaldy'.
Comments:
• A correspondent reported in May 2015 that he had found a
hard rubber bottle stopper, inscribed, "R. Douglas 1939 Kirkcaldy
Dunfermline," on a beach in Norway.
and, June 2015, another
correspondent informed she had found a bottle stopper beside a
railway line at Forgandenny in
Perthshire, with another stopper found today, 11th May 2018, on
the beach at Anstruther.
• aerated water manufacturers, Lothrie Works,
Kirkcaldy
This postcard shows a R. Douglas delivery lorry
in Falkland:
The business of R. Douglas, Ltd, Kirkcaldy, was acquired by AG Barr,
the makers of Irn Bru, in 1963.
Research note:
• Did Robert Douglas live at
Douglas House,
Ladybank? I have been advised, no he did not
• Is he the son of Robert Douglas, Landscape & Portrait
Photographer, The Vineyard, Top Whytes Causeway, Kirkcaldy? Yes
• Did he marry Mary Beveridge (1859-1912)?
Yes, he married Mary Beveridge, who after Robert's death went
on to marry William Kininmonth and run the lemonade business. Mary
became quite wealthy.
Read more:
•
Research note prepared on Mary Beveridge (or Douglas or
Kininmonth). She married Robert Douglas Jr, whose father Robert Sr
was a photographer who started the Lothrie Aerated Water Works.
[pdf 5mb]
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gratefully accepted
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