General News
22 August, 2022
Bottle show back in town for 49th year
The Maryborough Antique Bottle Club’s 49th annual show will get underway this weekend, with bottles dating back to the 1600s set to be on display. This is the first time the bottle show has been able to run after COVID cancelled the event two...
The Maryborough Antique Bottle Club’s 49th annual show will get underway this weekend, with bottles dating back to the 1600s set to be on display.
This is the first time the bottle show has been able to run after COVID cancelled the event two years running, including at the 11th hour last year.
Maryborough Antique Bottle Club member and event organiser Steve Greenwood said it’s good to be back and hopes to see a strong crowd.
“It’s really exciting to get back to it, it’s a premier event,” he said.
“We’re not sure what the turn out will be — from what we’re seeing at other shows, the public are still very wary of COVID.
“However, locally David Beer held an event at his private museum in Alma on the weekend and the public were out and about so we’re hoping the same trend will go with the bottle show.”
There will be 44 stallholders at the show plus another 100 or so collectors checking the event out, with a wide collection of both bottles and antiques to be on display.
“We’ve got collectors coming in from New Zealand, America, England and across Australia,” Mr Greenwood said.
“One collector will be bringing up his black glass collection, some of which dates back to the early 1600s. It’s very unique and gives the whole evolution of how glass was made.
“I’ll be bringing out a very special piece, it’s a commemorative bottle from 1849-51 for Jenny Lind (a famous Swedish opera singer). The bottle was made in America and it’s a cobalt blue which was only made for the upper class. It’s extremely rare.”
The bottle show, along with a swap and sell section, will run from this Saturday, August 27 from 10 am to5 pm, and Sunday, August 28 from 9.30 am to 3 pm at the Maryborough Harness Racing Club on 337 Bucknall Street, Carisbrook.
Entry to the show on Saturday is $5 while on Sunday it’s a gold coin donation.