Cherry Herring Bottle

Object/Artifact

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Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute

Name/Title

Cherry Herring Bottle

Description

Cylindrical body with small shoulders leading up to an elongated neck that bells out slightly towards the bottom. Bottle top is roll finished in a mushroom blob shape. Ribbon seal running along the shoulders of the bottle.

Made/Created

Time Period

Prior to 1838

Place

* Untyped Place

Copenhagen

Notes

The red/amber or “fire red” colour and the mushroom blob top are typical for bottles from Conradsminde. Blown in a round dip mold

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Seal

Location

Shoulders

Material/Technique

Ribbon Seal

Notes

P. Heering

Dimensions

Height

20.32 cm

Width

6.98 cm

Depth

7.62 cm

Dimension Description

Neck

Height

7.62 cm

Material

Glass

Color

Amber

Location

* Untyped Location

L’Herminie Bottle Case

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Teddy Tucker

Related Places

Place

Shipwreck

L’Herminie

Island

Bermuda

* Untyped Place

Atlantic Ocean

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Peter Frederk Suhm Heering was from the start in 1818 a successful Danish grocer. In the beginning his company was a cellar shop in Copenhagen, from where he started producing his liqueur "Heering’s Cherry Cordial". This was name of P.F. Heering's liquor until 1945 where it changed to “Cherry Heering”, in 1974 is changed again to “Peter Heering Liqueur”, today’s name, which was easier to protect in all 144 export countries.