Sold for A$460
Wm Champion / Melville Street / Hobart Town. Potters stamp: Stephen Green & Co / Patent / Double Glazed / Lambeth. (Tasmania) Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered All white. Impressed. 10 oz. 163 mm. 1850s
Good. Small flake to front lip just through glaze. Kiln kiss to right lip is small. 20 x 10 mm chip to left shoulder. Shoulder wear with a couple of flakes. 15 x 27 mm chip to base edge over left part of potters stamp. 10 x 4 mm chip to left front base edge is amongst a larger horseshoe hairline over 18 x 13 mm. 13 x 12 mm shallow chip behind this at base edge. Some other minor base edge marks. Crude marks from making scattered around. Some glaze nicks scattered around and minor marks. Impression is nice on this one. An early bottle from Tasmania which is quite hard to get. Grade: 6 Estimate: $200 - 250
