old brown BOVRILL bottle and chinese pottery

[bcboy]

Went digging today and managed a few finds. I dug this old BOVRIL LIMITED 4oz bottle and also dug some old chinese pottery, a small and large bowl.

 

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[Mackaydon]

Some history:
Bovril is the trademarked name of a thick, salty meat extract, developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston and sold in a distinctive, bulbous jar. It is made in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire and distributed by Unilever UK.

Bovril can be made into a drink by diluting with hot water, or (less commonly) milk[1]. It can also be used as a flavouring for soups, stews or porridge, or spread on bread, especially toast, rather like Marmite.

The first part of the product's name comes from Latin bos (genitive bovis) meaning "ox" or "cow". Johnston took the -vril suffix from Bulwer-Lytton's then-popular 1870 "lost race" novel The Coming Race, whose plot revolves around a powerful energy fluid named "Vril".

More history here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovril

Another pic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbertram/3052031063/

Don.....

 

[Da Sand Crab]

Hey BC,
Nice little rice bowl.
Have you found any more Chinese bottles?