Today's containers are made in large factories, often shipped to customers in different countries, and betray little of their origins. Not so with vessels of the Victorian period. They often proudly proclaim either their maker's name, the place of their manufacture, the name of the recipient, the place of the recipient's business, or a mixture of some or all of these - as in the examples above photographed in the town of Chepstow, Monmouthshire.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
