Sold for A$85
2 Sandblasted Beers & Printed Melbourne Stopper: 1. (Phoenix with Flag) / Coghlan / & / Tulloch / Ballarat (sandblasted). Deep indented base. 2. (VB / G in a dotted octagon) / Volum / Brewing / Company. Deep indented base. (Geelong, Victoria). 3. Porcelain lightning stopper printed: P. J. Martin / Australian Brewery // N. Fritzner / Patent / Berlin. Beer Cork Stoppered 1. Champagne shape. Applied ring seal top. Dark green. 26 oz. 2. Champagne shape. Applied ring seal top. Dark green. 26 oz. 3. Porcelain stopper. White with black print. 1: 308 mm. 2. 313 mm. 3. 22 mm.. 1870s-1890s
1. Very Good. A bit scuffed and scratchy to the shoulder and some light scratches elsewhere. Good example on a paler bottle and stronger than average print for one of these. (7.9). 2. Very Good. Scratches over the surface. Print is quite good with just some weakness on the edges. Little bit of wear around the lip. Dirty internally. Quite a nice, crude bottle. (7.9). 3. Very Good. A bit dirty and some rust stain to the surface. Couple of hairlines through the face. Print is good on top but weak for the makers name. Chip off part of the underside of the stopper. Interesting item as no bottles are known from this brewery, quite possible that they were used on plain, labelled bottles. The Australian Brewery was in Flinders-lane, Melbourne and operated between the 1860s and early 1880s. (7.3). Grade: N/A Estimate: $30 - 40
