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(Created claim: Provenance/History (P17): The complex, which comprised the main factory, brew master house, canning line and a warehouse, was capable of producing 450,000 gallons of beer a year. Brewing took place at the main plant where Anchor Point Shopping Centre now stands. Bottled beer was then transported via a wooden conveyor belt across an overhead bridge to the canning line, where IKEA currently stands.) |
(Changed claim: Year of production and/or usage (P8): 1980s) |
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This Anchor beer bottle is a product of the Archipelago Brewery Company (ABC), whose factory was formerly located at Alexandra Road | This Anchor beer bottle is a product of the Archipelago Brewery Company (ABC), whose factory was formerly located at Alexandra Road. (2018-0004-1) | ||
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| Property / Provenance/History: This Anchor beer bottle is a product of the Archipelago Brewery Company (ABC), whose factory was formerly located at Alexandra Road is Singapore’s second brewery. / rank | |||
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| Property / Provenance/History: The brewery complex was opened on 4th November 1933 by then President of the Municipal Commissioners, W Bartley, to produce the well-known Anchor Beer. The site at Alexandra Road was chosen for its close proximity to the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) railway tracks, which provided convenient transportation for the export of its beer. / rank | |||
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| Property / Provenance/History: Designed by Heinrich Rudolf Arbenz, the brew master building is characterised by the streamlining of classical motifs into simple geometric patterns, such as its high-hipped and pyramidal roof. / rank | |||
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| Property / Provenance/History: The complex, which comprised the main factory, brew master house, canning line and a warehouse, was capable of producing 450,000 gallons of beer a year. Brewing took place at the main plant where Anchor Point Shopping Centre now stands. Bottled beer was then transported via a wooden conveyor belt across an overhead bridge to the canning line, where IKEA currently stands. / rank | |||
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Fair: Slight marks and scratches on bottom label. Cap badly rusted. Bluetack and paint stuck to bottom of bottle. | |||
| Property / Condition: Fair: Slight marks and scratches on bottom label. Cap badly rusted. Bluetack and paint stuck to bottom of bottle. / rank | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:00, 1 June 2024
This Anchor beer bottle is a product of the Archipelago Brewery Company (ABC), whose factory was formerly located at Alexandra Road. (2018-0004-1)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Anchor Beer Bottle |
This Anchor beer bottle is a product of the Archipelago Brewery Company (ABC), whose factory was formerly located at Alexandra Road. (2018-0004-1) |
Statements
27 x 8 x 8 cm
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1.1kg
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1980s
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NA
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Archipelago Brewery Company; Anchor Beer; Malayan Breweries; Alexandra; Beer; Bottle
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Dark brown glass bottle with metal, rusted cap. Dark liquid in unopened bottle. Cap is printed with logo of Archipelago Brewery Company and “Anchor Beer” Front bottom of glass bottle embossed with "MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD”. Two sticker labels on bottle. Top label in red, white and black reads: “Anchor Beer”, logo of Archipelago Brewery Company two crossed anchors and “ABC” in the middle of sticker.
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Bottom label is brown, red, white and black. It also carries the logo of Archipelago Brewery Company, encircled by the words “Archipelago Brewery Co., (1941) Pte Ltd. Anchor Pilsener Beer.”
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Top Label: Anchor Beer; Bottom Label: (encircling logo) Archipelago Brewery Co., (1941) Pte Ltd. Anchor Pilsener Beer. Centre of bottom label underneath logo: “Brewed and bottled under licence by Malayan Breweries (S) Pte Ltd. Singapore) Embossed on glass bottle: “Malayan Breweries Ltd”. Cap: “Anchor Beer”
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Fair: Slight marks and scratches on bottom label. Cap badly rusted. Bluetack and paint stuck to bottom of bottle.
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2018-0004-1
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