T & J Bernard Coronation Light Ale Beer Label

Category

Library Item

Item no

20626

Title

T & J Coronation Light Ale Beer Label

Description

The label for Bernard's commemorative Coronation Light Ale is oval in shape and has a royal blue background with white and gold lettering. The initials 'E R' and a crown emblem appear at the top above a scroll and two small flags, the union jack and a gold flag with a red lion on it.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1953

Size

8.3 x 6.4 cm

Type

Label

T & J Bernard began brewing at the Edinburgh Brewery at North Back Canongate in 1840. In 1888, after the original site became too small, a new Edinburgh Brewery was opened in Slateford Road. The company was taken over by Scottish Brewers Ltd in 1960 and ceased trading.

Find out more about Thomas & James Bernard's brewery from the Jisc Archives Hub.

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