Sold for A$210
Chas. Cole & Co. / (Star) / Trade (Bird with Fish) Mark / Ginger / Beer / Geelong. Potters Stamp: The Bendigo Pottery / Epsom / Bendigo. Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered Champagne shape, Tan top, black print. Blob type, cork top. 10 oz. (Bendigo Pottery made 25,344 bottles for Chas. Cole between 1907 and 1918 spread over a handful of varieties). 212 mm. 1900s-1918
Very Good. Actually this is a superb looking example but has a series of around 5 little shallow chips on the lip. The ones on the outside left and front are 4 x 4 mm and 4 x 5 mm. The other 3 defined chips are all around 6 x 3 mm. None of these chips gets much deeper than 1 mm. There is a scrape through the glaze at the front left base that is 10 x 6 mm but it is probable that this is in fact a manufacturing mark. A few shallow flakes under the base, possibly from manufacture. Otherwise just some minor light surface marks. One of the clearest stamps you would see on one of these. Great looking ginger beer. Grade: 7.75 Estimate: $60 - 80
