Sold for A$50
Ye Olde Original / Stone / Ginger / Beer / P. G. Dixon & Co / Melbourne. Impressed stamp: The Bendigo Pottery / Epsom / Bendigo. Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered Champagne shape. Tan top, white body, black print. 13 oz. 221 mm. 1900s-1910s
Good. Still graded as Good despite some largish chips to the lip that need repairing. Largest parts are to the back and left of the lip: 22 x 4 x 3 mm and 10 x 6 x 1 mm. Also to the front is a shallow 6 x 5 mm chip. These chips have been loosely filled with some putty that is quite soft and comes out easily so can be replaced with a proper repair. Around where this putty has been put in there are areas of scratching in the glaze where the amateur repairer has sanded back these fillings. Rest of the bottle is superb with a lovely clean print and given this is quite a scarce ginger beer, one well worth having restored. Grade: 6.7 Estimate: $30 - 50
