Sold for A$100
Manufactured / by the / Colonial / Sugar / Refining / Coy Limtd / Yarraville. (Around Base) Made by the Melbourne Glass Bottle Co. Smooth base. (Victoria) Household Jar Lightning or Bail type Fruit Jar. Ground Lip. Aqua. About 1 Quart. 217 mm. 1890s
Excellent. Typical flakes and nibbles off the inside of the ground lip, also an extremely shallow 11 x 4 mm bruise. Some fine wear to the outer lip. About a third of the way up on the inside is a band of light haze, this would be some form of contents residue staining. Usage wear under the base. Some scratches scattered around, a couple near the rear shoulder are a little deeper than standard, but not long. Great embossing with just some relatively minor marks in places. No lid or wire on this one. A nice piece. Grade: 8.2 Estimate: $100 - 150
