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Apollinaris / Apenta

The late 19th century Apollinaris bottle is marked

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APOLLINARIS NATURAL

MINERAL WATER RHENISH PRUSSIA, GERMANY

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with a scene of a

bubbling spring with foliage and birds overhead, also marked

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Sole Agents THE

APOLLINARIS COMPANY LIMITED, 19 Regent Street LONDON S.W.

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(from

the collection of Ron MacLean).

In 1852 Georg Kreuzberg in Germany founded the Apollinaris Mineral Water

Company in Germany at the site of a non-productive vineyard. As early as 1873

the water sprang to International fame as a result of the founding of The