Sold for A$5,150
McDonald & Co / Trade / (Crown) / Mark / Melbourne. No potters stamp. (Victoria) Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered Champagne. All Tan. Black Print. 10 oz. 217 mm. 1890s
Very Good. Has had some restoration work done at the lower right base edge. The overpainting goes under part of the print and around the lower right. The chip doesn't appear to have been too deep as the base is original out to at least where the bottle starts curving up. Looking with the borescope inside is all original so no holes or the like. The top of the lip has had some shallow chips overpainted but these look to have been quite minor the most seems to have been a bit down the left lip of about 3 mm. A line around the middle top is all original from manufacture. There is a little clay pull at the base and another little kiln blowout or similar at the heel. Great print. It has to be mentioned the base repair is superb making this a brilliant example of an extremely rare Melbourne ginger beer. Wonderful opportunity to get a top class bottle. Grade: 7.9 Estimate: $4000 - 5000