San Gabriel Wine Company glass jug

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

San Gabriel Wine Company glass jug

Entry/Object ID

2010.324.1.1

Description

A wine jug from the San Gabriel Wine Company, Alhambra, California, ca. 1890s. The half-gallon glass item has embossed grapes and the company name, as well as a screw top. The company was owned by James De Barth Shorb, whose father-in-law, Benjamin D. Wilson was once owner of the land on which the facility stood in what is now west Alhambra. The winery closed in the 1890s. The condition is good overall.

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Object Name

Bottles