Bottle, Water: Mirault Aerated Water Plant, Ottawa

Object/Artifact

Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2024.002.01.02

Description

One clear glass bottle with no top. Inscriptions on side and bottom of bottle.

Made/Created

Date made

1890

Notes

Additional create date: 1937

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Front

Transcription

"THIS BOTTLE // IS THE PROPERTY OF // EUG MIRAULT // OTTAWA"

Notes

Embossed

Location

bottom center

Transcription

"M"

Notes

Embossed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Water

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Medicine

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bottle, Drinking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Medicine

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Drinking Vessels

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Medical Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Class

Medical & Psychological T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Bottle, Food Service T & E, Bottle, Drinking

Dimensions

Height

22 cm

Width

6 cm

Material

Glass, verre

Research Notes

Notes

Result: Identified Eugene Mirault manufactured and bottled “aerated” (i.e. carbonated) water and other beverages for over thirty years in Ottawa, including Mirault Club Dry Giner Ale and Mir-O-Pure Water. First operating on Wellington Street in the late 1890s, the operation later moved to 317-319 Rideau Street where the “Aerated Water Facility” was noted on the 1902/1912 Fire Insurance Plan. Mr. Mirault passed away in 1937, predeceased by his wife in 1925.