Sold for A$25
Three Adelaide chemist bottles: 1. Main & Son, Adelaide. 2. Parker, Adelaide. 3. F. H. Faulding & Co / Trade / (Phoenix) / Mark / Adelaide. Base Mark: 118. (South Australia) Medicine Chemist 1. Applied top, spun finish. Amethyst. 4 oz. 2. Applied flared lip. Aqua. 3 oz. 3. Applied top, spun finish. Aqua. 8 oz. 1. 137 mm. 2. 122 mm. 3. 166 mm. 1880s-1910s
1. Fair. Tiny nick to outer front right lip edge, from this is an upper lip bruise over about 15 x 7 mm. Inner stain. Fine 9 x 5 mm bruise to the right mid body towards the front panel. Actually, closer inspection reveals this is the end of an angled crack over about 40 mm, but this is VERY hard to see! Some scratches. Nice colour. 2. Good. Stained with a bit of etching. A few small pitted spots. Scrape mark or two. Some scratches and the odd impact mark. A nice early chemist bottle. 3. Good. Stained and etched throughout. Shallow sliver flake to left face edge. Maybe a few scratches and tiny impacts, but mostly just the swirled etching to report on this one. Grade: N/A Estimate: $30 - 40
