Pale Green Internal Screw Returnable bottle

This bottle was used by Barr from the early 1900’s until all bottles were reduced in size to 20 fl.oz. due to a soft drinks tax introduced to help the Government pay for the First World War. In order to avoid passing the tax increase onto consumers, manufacturers agreed to gradually reduce the size of all bottles from 26 2/3 fl.oz. to 20 fl.oz. and were thus able to maintain the same price even with the new tax charge