Toronto Bottle and Antique Show and Sale
Toronto Bottle and Antique Show and Sale
Sunday April 23rd. 10am – 2:30 pm
Chestnut Hill Developments Recreational Complex
1867 Valley Farm Rd Pickering Ont.
History
- In our 30th year, the event is an annual collector show and sale with a “Historical Display” section
- Largest and longest running National Antique Bottle and Stoneware show in Canada.
- Run by The Four Seasons Bottle Club of Toronto
- Returning after 2 years pandemic, finally….
Perspective.
- Most collectors come to the show looking for the “opportunity” something unique to fit their collection
- Others visit for something they like for décor or vintage decorating
- Goods in this show are almost entirely of Canadian origin
- Dealers and customers will come in from across Canada
- Typical draw 300+
Scope of the Show
The vendors mainly offer.
- Stoneware and Redware containers, before the advent of mass-produced glass and metal packaging stoneware was widely manufactured across Canada, most was made in Canada in locations such as Picton, Belleville, Cornwall, St. Jean, Medicine Hat, and London
- Glass Bottles, dairy, sodas, medicals, fruit jars of all sorts some going back to the origins of glass making in Canada
Historical displays.
The Historical displays section showcases early Canadian;
o Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (quack cure-alls).
o Dairy bottles, one of them is war slogans this time
o Sodas
o Fruit jars, yes some very valuable ones…
o Stoneware, packaging before the advent of tins and bottle
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