Do not underestimate this "cannonball" bottle. This is one of China's earliest soda bottles. After preliminary research, it was produced in Hong Kong in the early 20th century. It has been more than 100 years old.
A glass soda bottle, about 15 centimeters high, narrow and wide at the bottom, the entire shape of a chubby “shellâ€, with transparent embossed words on the belly, clearly engraved with “Dongdong Shishi Company†and “prepared hygieneâ€. "Soda", "registered trademark" and the like, there is also a tiger-like animal pattern.
Soda bottle was a luxury a hundred years ago
Yesterday, at Mr. Wu’s home, the reporter saw this precious bottle of sparkling water. “Because the bottle belly is shaped like a shell, it is called by the people as a cannon ball. It appeared in Hong Kong more than 100 years ago. At that time, it was a Very luxurious items can only be sold in pharmacies,†said Mr. Wu.
Mr. Wu went on to introduce: “I checked the Dongdong Xianshi Company that produced this bottle. I set up the Guangzhou Pharmacy in Guangzhou in 1930, and set up a factory in Guangzhou Baihe Shell in Guangzhou, using 12 machines made in the UK. It is the first soda factory in Guangdong."
Discovered "Cannon Balls" in the Utility Room
Mr. Wu was inadvertently collecting this soda bottle a few years ago. “At that time, I casually went to the Shunde folk Taobao and found it in a large family room in the past. When it was full of dust, its owner was almost sold. It's a thrill to buy and buy it and rebuild it."
“I speculate that this should be a wealthy people who bought this rare thing from Hong Kong and then brought it to Shunde to open their eyes to their hometown.†Mr Wu exclaimed.
"Cannon Ball" was originally filled with soda water
Mr. Wu recently obtained a preliminary assessment of the “Cannon Bullet†from the Hong Kong Steamboat Museum. “The initial feedback I got was that the bottle was in the 20th century. This article was sourced from China's largest bottle of sparkling wine and glass bottle trading website Zhonghua Packaging Bottle Network Co., Ltd., which was originally made by a soda factory in Hong Kong at the time. This bottle of soda The actual water is soda, and it should be equipped with a special cork stopper, but unfortunately I did not have a bottle cap when I saw it."
The reporter later opened the website of the Hong Kong Soda Water Museum and found that there were photographs of "cannonballs". However, the Hong Kong Museum, which is rich in collections, was temporarily unable to collect this genuine product.
Shunde Museum extends its olive branch
The soon-to-be-completed new museum in Shunde is collecting various representative cultural relics of Shunde people. Shu Xiang, the deputy director of the museum, heard of such strange things and could not help throwing an "olive branch" to Mr. Wu: "We always welcome Mr. Wu to send soda. The bottle came to the museum for exhibitions. We are also willing to collect this artifact for him."
It was initially identified as a product produced in Hong Kong in the early 20th century.