United Glass Bottle Sand Wagon (Hornby Dublo 4660)

Exhibit
United Glass Bottle Sand Wagon (Hornby Dublo 4660) (i)
location:
Arch Four , Area 37 Hornby Wall (display)
Shelf 8

An open yellow 00-gauge "United Glass" Sand Wagon, Hornby-Dublo 4660, with black base.

This piece appeared in the Dublo range in the late 1950s.

Catalogue images:

1959 catalogue image: Hornby Dublo 4660 "United Glass Bottle Manufacturing Ltd." Sand Wagon

1963 catalogue image: Hornby Dublo 4660 "United Glass Limited" Sand Wagon

United Glass Bottle ("UGB")

United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd. was formed in 1913 when five UK glass manufacturers pooled their resources in order to invest in the latest American glass bottle manufacturing plant.

The companies were

• Alfred Alexander and Co
• Robert Candlish and Son
• Cannington, Shaw and Co
• Nuttall Co
• Ravenhead Glass

The company retained brandnames such as "Ravenhead", and tried to get around the slightly boring combined company name in industry advertising with the slogan "Use Good Bottles", which stressed the company's advantages over some smaller glassmaking businesses with respect to high-quality mass-production.

External links

• Hornby Dublo United Glass Wagon (romay.co.uk)

• United Glass Bottle Manufacturers (gracesguide.co.uk)
• Glass manufacturers / United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd. (Estd. 1913) (glassmaking-in-london.co.uk)
• United Glass Bottle, Inchicore Pressed Glass Museum (inchicore-pressedglass-museum.org)