Sold for A$4,650
W. Ford & Co. / Chemists / (Lion with mortar and pestle) / Melbourne. Base Mark: W.T. & Co / 1. (Victoria) Medicine Chemist Applied top, tooled finish. Dark emerald green. 2 oz. 112 mm. 1890s
Very Good. Little white looking mark to front lip is an inclusion, a form of airbubble amongst a fold across the lip. Tiny scrape or two to lip edge. Hazy throughout, this is patchy with some shiny bits poking through, and nothing in the way of deep marks. A little inner dirt in small patches. 2 x 2 mm milky fisheye to the rear base edge on one corner. Tiny nick or two to the surface. Some fine scratches and the odd surface scuff or two. Wonderfully detailed and crisp embossing. In this colour, with this trade mark, this surely has to rate up there in the top few Australian chemist bottles! Grade: 7.6 Estimate: $2500 - 3000
