{"id":427,"date":"2021-11-06T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonsearcher.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:40:20","slug":"base-of-victorian-blacking-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londonsearcher.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/06\/base-of-victorian-blacking-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"Base of Victorian blacking bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base of a stoneware bottle containing blacking liquid or paste, 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This bottle type is similar to those produced for Warren\u2019s Blacking Factory near the Strand, where Charles Dickens worked in 1824, aged twelve, after his parents fell into debt. Dickens&#8217; job at the factory was to cover the bottles of paste-blacking and to make the bottle look smart with paper and labels so that they could be sold in apothecaries. 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