Sold for A$55
3 Ginger Beers: 1. Ye Olde Original / Stone / Ginger / Beer / P. G. Dixon & Co / Melbourne. Impressed stamp: Hoffman / Pottery Works / Brunswick. 2. P. G. Dixon & Co. / Stone / (Half Rampant Lion) / Ginger Beer / 181-182 Rosslyn St / Melbourne. Impressed stamp: The Bendigo Pottery / Epsom / Bendigo. 3. Egypta / Egypta Products Pty Ltd / Melbourne / Brewed / Ginger Beer // Egypta (diagonally). No impressed stamp. Ginger Beer Various All champagne shape with straight sided cork tops. Bristol glaze. Black Print. All 10-12 oz. 1. 223 mm. 2: 211 mm. 3: 205 mm.. 1900s-1920s
1. Fair. Heavily chipped around the top. Some discolouration throughout and minor scratches and scuffs. Worthy of a good clean and restoration. Quite a scarce bottle. 2. Fair. A nice clean looking bottle but there are repaired chips all around the lip. They have actually been well filled and moulded but need colouring to fit in with the glaze. Some glaze scratches can be found. A decent shelf example of a scarce Melbourne ginger beer. 3. Fair. Chips around the top including a couple of long slivers down the top. Dark hairline to front neck. Some chips around the base. A couple of rust stains. Some scuffs and scratches to the glaze. Grade: N/A Estimate: $50 - 70
