Collection Vintage Milk Cream Bottles

Sold for A$118

Four Milk & Cream Bottles: 1. This bottle contains / Milk / Bottled for sale by / J. F. Dunn / Guaranteed / T. B. Tested / Phone 506 / Bottle is the property of the above / it is loaned and cannot be legally / used by others // One Imperial Pint. Base: 535. 2. The property of / Hyde Park Dairy / Hawthorn / 1326 / 284 Barkers Rd. / Glenferrie // Contents / 1/4 Pint / Please wash & return / 2. Base: 24 / small impressed numbers. 3. Milk / The property of / Birds Dairy & Farm / Belmore Rd / Balwyn / Phone W. 4132 / 1 // Contents / Not Less Than / 1/2 Pint / This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / Please wash & return. Base Mark: 352. 4. Rowdon's / Farm / Altona / Dairy / 51 Verdon St. / Tel. / Wmstn. 260 // Special pure milk from our / tuberculin tested cows / this bottle contains milk / bottled for sale by / H. Rowdon & Sons / and always remains their property / it is loaned and cannot be legally / used by others / One Imperial Pint. Base mark: 51. (Victoria) Household Dairy Wide mouth or wad top. Seam through lip. Clear. Pint, Half Pint & Quarter Pint. 205 - 117 mm. 1930s+

The Dunn is Good. But has a 20 mm fracture at the heel. Scuffy and scratched all over. Some pitting and surface marks. The Hyde Park is Excellent. A couple of short 4 mm annealing type fractures in the back neck. Some hazy dirt inside and very minor marks. Birds is Excellent. Couple of little nicks and nibbles around the upper lip. Small nick to mid front neck. Small flake to front base edge, another to rear base edge and some other fine nibbles. A few minor nicks and marks under the base. Some fine scuffs and scratches. Some nibbles and minor marks to some of the embossing, most of it is very nice though. Rowdon's is Very Good. A few nibbles to wad seat inside lip. Some impacts, little nibbles and wear to upper lip. A few little flakes and some rust to outer seam around the lip. Some light inner dirt or fine haze. A few little impact flakes under the heel. Little nibbled mark to lower body near base. Scattered scuffs and scratches and crate wear across the embossing. Grade: N/A Estimate: $60 - 80

Lot 635: Collection Vintage Milk Cream Bottles

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