Sold for A$675
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 M of Wm at front shoulder. 8 x 5 mm flake to right shoulder amongst some glaze misses may be from making. Some shoulder wear and little flakes. Band of glaze wear down the lower right side. 11 x 4 mm flake under front base heel. 14 x 6 mm flake to front left base edge. Left base edge has a large 24 x 16 mm chip, however, this is definitely from making! The glaze has pooled around the upper part of this and then to the left is a flaked area that is partly glazed over. Glaze is poor throughout from making with pinpricks and glaze misses scattered around. A unique example of this scarce and early Tasmanian bottle with most marks being from making. Grade: 6.5 Estimate: $300 - 500
