Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 358
Title
1950s Merville Dairy Finglas Milk Bottle
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Glass. 21.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
15/07/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Empty Milk Bottle with raised writing 'Merville Dairy, Finglas' on one side and on the other 'Unauthorised persons using this bottle will be prosecuted'.
The Merville Dairy collected milk in bulk from farmers, processed it and delivered it. Originally milk was delivered ‘loose’, poured into customers’ containers from vats on the truck, but this was phased out in favour of bottles by the 1930s. Eventually Merville was amalgamated into Premier Dairies, and the horse-drawn floats were phased out.
