Lot 690: Antique Chemist Prescription Bottles

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Sold for A$60

Five Melbourne suburban Chemists: 1. ‚Ñ• viii / C. H. Simpson / Chemist / 97 Sydney / Road / Brunswick. Base Mark: L389 / M / A. G. M. 2. N. G. Musther / Ferguson Street / Williamstown. No Base Mark. 3. F. Newman / Station Pharmacy / Auburn. Base Mark: M. 4. (Wreath around a Mortar & Pestle) / Shaw & Aumont / Chemists / Collingwood. Base: M. 5. ‚Ñ• vi / Chemist / Allan Stephens / Canterbury. Base Mark: M. (Victoria) Medicine Chemist 1. Machine made. Aqua. 8 oz. 2. Blake or Oblong shape. Tool finished top. Aqua. 8 oz. 3. Applied top, tooled finish. Aqua. 8 oz. 4. Blake or Oblong shape. Aqua. Tool finished lip. 4 oz. 5. Applied top, tooled finish. Rectangle shape. Clear. 4 oz. 173, 173, 169, 145 & 135 mm. 1900s-1930s

1. Good. Some grime. Light haze in places. Scrape to rear base edge. Two short fine fractures to right upper body, 5 mm and 3 mm. Another 5 mm fracture to rear near shoulder and a small bruise next to it. Small flake to lower front. Some scuffs and scratches. Hard one to get. 2. Very Good. Grimy, this should clean off. Inclusion to outer front right lip is from making and has no associated damage. Dirty stain down inner rear should soak out. Some fine scuffs and scratches. A decent aexample. 3. Very Good. Stained throughout with some surface swirled etched marks scattered around as well. Some scratches and the odd scuff mark. Some inner base grime. 4. Good. 15 x 5 mm flake to upper front lip. Little nibbled chip to left lip edge. Stained throughout. Tiny nick or two to base edge. Some scratches and the odd little scuff mark. 5. Fair. Small chip to upper rear lip. Chip to lower left lip. Bruise looking mark to upper lip may be a fold from making, but is still a bruise. Large angled crack across most of the rear shoulder,this is discoloured. Stained. A few chips and flakes around the base region. Couple of tiny bruises. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. Quite a rare one. Grade: N/A Estimate: $50 - 75
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