Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Jugs and Bottles
Christian Young purchased one Jug and an One-quart Bottle from the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago.
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| Jug. London, ca. 1770. Salt-glazed stoneware. H. 13 5/8". Image courtesy of chipstone.org |
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| 18th Century Bottles. Image courtesy of the-saleroom.com |
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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.
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Colden often bought and sold containers at this store. When he purchased Butter by the cag [keg] or firkin, he purchased the containers separately.
He also sold Hogsheads (a large barrel) and Barrels (see the blogs on Hogsheads and Coopers).
Colden sold jugs on 29 different occasions. They varied in size from one-quart to three-gallon, but most of the time the size was not given. The three-gallon jug sold for four-and-one-half shillings (about a day's wages), a two-gallon jug for two-and-three-quarters shilling, a one-gallon for one-and-three-quarters shilling, and a one-quart jug for three-quarters shilling. Ten of the jugs with no size-descriptor were sold for about two shillings, so they were probably one-gallon jugs. My estimates of the sizes and numbers are shown below. Sometimes the customer would fill the jug with rum or molasses at the time of purchase.
| Size--------- | Cost (£ S d) | Number Sold |
| 1 Quart | 0 0 9 | 3 |
| 1/2 Gallon | 0 1 6 | 4 |
| 1 Gallon | 0 1 9 | 12 |
| 2 Gallon | 0 2 9 | 9 |
| 3 Gallon | 0 4 6 | 1 |
Colden also sold bottles on 25 occasions. The bottle descriptors included quart (7), pocket (3), and earthen (1). The bottle was sometimes filled on site with rum (7), wine (2), or molasses (1). Most bottles were priced at 8 or 9 pence, supporting the conclusion that they were all the same size or one-quart. The pocket bottles were priced at 4 to 6 pence as would be expected for a smaller item.
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