Michael Davidson
pinwhiz@ihug,co.nz

New Zealand Companies who are known to sold food in reusable glasses

• Sanitarium,
• Chesdale,
• Kraft,
• Bray & Gossett (Airborne Honey),
• W.F. Tucker & Co. Ltd. (Sunshine brand products)

Known New Zealand Glass Manufacturers & Designers

What came in these glasses? ( known products)

While the majority of these glasses had various forms of Peanut Butter, Marmite or Honey in them many different and varied products have come in reusable glasses over the years and below is a short list that covers most of the known products.

• Cheese Spread,
• Cocktail Gherkins,
• Cocktail Onions,
• Conserve,
• Cream Cheese Spread,
• Cultured Cream,
• Fish Sauce,
• Fruit Chutney,
• Hazelnut Spread, ( ie . Nutella )
• Honey,
• Jam,
• Jelly,
• Juice,
• Lemon Butter,
• Lemon Spread,
• Marmite,
• Mayonnaise,
• Melba,
• Nuts,
• Passionfruit Spread,
• Peanut Butter,
• Salad Dressing,
• Sandwich Relish,
• Savoury Relish,
• Vegemite,
• Yoghurt.

Note: All pattern names are my own invention (for ease of tracking purposes) unless noted otherwise as confirmed.

Chesdale Cheese (1952)

Advertisement Date: July 1952

Chesdale , 1952 Series

Ferns (Sanitarium?)

This 1953 advertisement is hard to make out but the glass appears to have fern designs on it. (more obvious on original)

Jan 1955 advertisement for New American Design Tumblers
Note: The top of these glasses has a slight flare that disappeared after a few years.

Jan. 1955 Advertisement

NZ Flowers (Sanitarium)

Glasses with New Zealand Flower designs are found in a number of different glass styles and sizes.
There are 4 different patterns: Pohutukawa , Kowhai, Konini and Manuka

(Manukau is the hardest design to find and it may not exist across all the different glass shapes and sizes)
The earliest glasses are the straight "fluted inside" style with the larger designs.

Small

Medium

The tall version on the left is particularly rare - I have only ever found the one glass in this size and glass style.

Early Series Large design and 2 sizes with flower name

Early Tall

Early Small - these lack the flower name

Rata (Sanitarium?)

I have never found this design on any other size of glass and I have been told these originally contained honey .

"Sputnik" (Sanitarium)

There are 3 distinct sizes in this pattern and a wide range of colours .
The medium "flared" top style of glass are the earliest type.

Yachts (Sanitarium )
There are 4 distinct sizes in this pattern and a wide range of colours .

I have only ever found the one glass in this particular style (short shotglass type with internal fluting) I believe its extremly rare.

Atomic Lines (Sanitarium)
There are 2 distinct sizes in this pattern and wide range of colours .

"Acorns & Leaves", "Basket & Vine", "Creeper" (Sanitarium)
There are 2 distinct sizes in these patterns and wide range of colours .

Bamboo (Sanitarium)
3 Sizes and a wide variety of Colours

Honey Bees (Sanitarium)
One size with 2 different designs and a wide range of colours .

Maori Motif Series (Sanitarium)

Each glass has a different design on each side of the glass and there are 6 different glasses in total.

November 1969 NZ Listener Advertisement.

Early New Zealand Rock Drawings (Sanitarium)

There are 2 different sizes of these glasses and 2 variations in glass style in one side (6 different designs in total)

Egyptian (Sanitarium) (1965)

Feb 1965 Sanitarium Advertisement showing glasses of a similar design to that used for the Rock Art or Egypt designs.

NZ Birds (Sanitarium?)

2 different birds on each glass, 6 different glasses?

Trains (Sanitarium )
Each glass has 2 different designs on each side. 6 Different glasses in total?
- Lady Barkley / Old 'A' Class,
- Compound 'A' / Class 'U' ,
- 'K 'Class (old )/ 'F' Class,
- Class ' Ja ' / 'K 'Class,
- Class 'EA' / Class 'DA'
- ? / ?

Vintage Cars (Sanitarium) (1965?)

Vintage Cars (Sanitarium) - Later

Yachts (Sunshine) (1953 )

Advertisement is from October 1953.

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Royal Visit 1953-54 Coat of Arms Sunshine Peanut Butter

Advertisement is from Dec 1953.

Royal Visit1953-54 SS Gothic

Unconfirmed if the SS Gothic is actuallya Food glass but the glass style isvery similar to other confirmed food glasstypes and the fern is very similar indesign to that used on glasses with justa Fern design)
The NZ Flag and fern portion of the design

SUNSHINE (W.F. Tucker & Co. Ltd)

Advertisement: Oct & Nov 1955.

Tulips (Sunshine?)

Based on the style of glasses Ibelieve these may be Sunshine Brand glasses.

Roses (Sunshine?)

(2sizes) Based on the style of glasses I believe these may be Sunshine Brand glasses.

Jan 1959 Advertisement.

Peanuts (ETA)

2 different designs (Cricket &Rugby) and a number of different colours (White, Blueconfirmed to date)

Eta "Circus Elephants" -Circa 1953-54

ETA Peanuts Later Series (ETA)

Honey Bees (Other)

Yachts(Other)

This design & glass are very similar to the 1953 ChesdaleSeries.

"Stormy Sea at Night" -1953 "Cootees" (Australia)

2 Colour Flowers

Unconfirmedif all of these are actually Food glasses.

Misc(?) Unconfirmed if any of these are actually Food glasses

Dots & Stars & Other Geometric Designs

Other Advertising Glasses

Wanganui Woolen Mills Shot glass.

Vegemite (Kraft - recent)