Original British Earthenware Bottle found in WWI Trench - Marked Davies & Shepheard Category_Fusee Spring & Cover History of the Mauser 1871/84:

History of the Mauser 1871/84:

as it was Colt's first swing out cylinder revolver

Wartime nostalgia at its best

Maker's code with size marking "64" stamped on the interior of the shell

Functional CONMAR zipper and a data label that reads:

Original British Earthenware Bottle found in WWI Trench - Marked Davies & Shepheard Category_Fusee Spring & Cover History of the Mauser 1871/84:Original Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a regular WW1 Battlefield digger, this is a very nice English Earthenware Bottle marked DAVIES & SHEPHEARD of CHESTER. Originally maybe for Beer but perhaps Soda Water or similar. Research indicates that Davies & Shepheard were Chemists in Chester, and this may have been for mineral water or some other concoction popular at the time. These also were often filled with beer and were used as promotional