Glass panel 45mm x 38mm.
Reads, HAYLES BROS, WINCHESTER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
Normally able to research any glass finds but found no info` so far. Possibly, Paul may have heard of them, although a long way from his areas.
Cheers,
Dave.
Hayles Bros Panel.
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Dave The Slave
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Not strictly Bottle digging but came out of a hole for a metal find.
Glass panel 45mm x 38mm.
Reads, HAYLES BROS, WINCHESTER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
Normally able to research any glass finds but found no info` so far. Possibly, Paul may have heard of them, although a long way from his areas.
Cheers,
Dave.
Glass panel 45mm x 38mm.
Reads, HAYLES BROS, WINCHESTER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
Normally able to research any glass finds but found no info` so far. Possibly, Paul may have heard of them, although a long way from his areas.
Cheers,
Dave.
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Hayles Brothers were prominent 19th and early 20th-century Wine & Spirit Merchants based in Winchester, Hampshire. They operated as wholesale and retail wine merchants, spirit blenders, and ale/stout bottlers.
Historical Context
Location: They operated primarily from premises on High Street and Jewry Street in Winchester, utilizing deep brick-vaulted cellars typical of historic Hampshire spirit merchants for storage and maturation. Trade: Beyond importing wines and brandy, they regularly bottled Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey, and local pale ales under their own labeled seals—a standard trade practice for high-end provincial merchants of the era. Artifacts & Collectibles: Earthenware / Stoneware Jugs: They distributed spirits in salt-glazed stoneware spirit flagons (often transfer-printed with "Hayles Bros., Wine & Spirit Merchants, Winchester"). These are popular collectibles today among UK bottle and stoneware collectors. Glass Bottles: Molded glass wine, beer, and whiskey bottles carrying their embossed stamp are frequently recovered during local excavations and metal detecting/mudlarking in the Hampshire area. Mineral Water & Aerated Drinks: Like many spirit merchants of the mid-to-late Victorian era, they also branched into aerated mineral waters, syphon bottles, and ginger beer.
The Bottle Type:
Because the glass is clear, this fragment likely came from a spirit flask (often a rectangular or oval pocket flask used for gin or brandy) or a high-end mineral water/mixer bottle rather than a standard dark-green wine or beer bottle.
Historical Context
Location: They operated primarily from premises on High Street and Jewry Street in Winchester, utilizing deep brick-vaulted cellars typical of historic Hampshire spirit merchants for storage and maturation. Trade: Beyond importing wines and brandy, they regularly bottled Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey, and local pale ales under their own labeled seals—a standard trade practice for high-end provincial merchants of the era. Artifacts & Collectibles: Earthenware / Stoneware Jugs: They distributed spirits in salt-glazed stoneware spirit flagons (often transfer-printed with "Hayles Bros., Wine & Spirit Merchants, Winchester"). These are popular collectibles today among UK bottle and stoneware collectors. Glass Bottles: Molded glass wine, beer, and whiskey bottles carrying their embossed stamp are frequently recovered during local excavations and metal detecting/mudlarking in the Hampshire area. Mineral Water & Aerated Drinks: Like many spirit merchants of the mid-to-late Victorian era, they also branched into aerated mineral waters, syphon bottles, and ginger beer.
The Bottle Type:
Because the glass is clear, this fragment likely came from a spirit flask (often a rectangular or oval pocket flask used for gin or brandy) or a high-end mineral water/mixer bottle rather than a standard dark-green wine or beer bottle.
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Brilliant info` Easy.Easylife wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2026 6:20 pm Hayles Brothers were prominent 19th and early 20th-century Wine & Spirit Merchants based in Winchester, Hampshire. They operated as wholesale and retail wine merchants, spirit blenders, and ale/stout bottlers.
Historical Context
Location: They operated primarily from premises on High Street and Jewry Street in Winchester, utilizing deep brick-vaulted cellars typical of historic Hampshire spirit merchants for storage and maturation. Trade: Beyond importing wines and brandy, they regularly bottled Scotch whisky, Irish whiskey, and local pale ales under their own labeled seals—a standard trade practice for high-end provincial merchants of the era. Artifacts & Collectibles: Earthenware / Stoneware Jugs: They distributed spirits in salt-glazed stoneware spirit flagons (often transfer-printed with "Hayles Bros., Wine & Spirit Merchants, Winchester"). These are popular collectibles today among UK bottle and stoneware collectors. Glass Bottles: Molded glass wine, beer, and whiskey bottles carrying their embossed stamp are frequently recovered during local excavations and metal detecting/mudlarking in the Hampshire area. Mineral Water & Aerated Drinks: Like many spirit merchants of the mid-to-late Victorian era, they also branched into aerated mineral waters, syphon bottles, and ginger beer.
The Bottle Type:
Because the glass is clear, this fragment likely came from a spirit flask (often a rectangular or oval pocket flask used for gin or brandy) or a high-end mineral water/mixer bottle rather than a standard dark-green wine or beer bottle.
Many Thanks,
Dave.