Sold for A$290
Three Victorian Country Chemist Bottles: 1. G. J. Wells / Mollison St / Kyneton. Base Mark: M. 2. R. O. Hughes / Chemist / Rutherglen. Base Mark: M. 3. F. Boyett / Chemist / Kyneton. Base Mark: M. (Victoria) Medicine Chemist Applied top, tooled finish. Aqua. 8 & 4 oz. 169, 140 & 136 mm. 1900s-1910s
1. Very Good. Tiny flake to upper right lip. Hazy stain scattered around. Small nibbled flake to seam on lower right body corner. Little nibbled mark to base corner. Some grime. Some scratches. Couple of small pitted marks to rear corner. Solid example of this hard to get country Victorian chemist bottle. 2. Excellent. Upper right lip has some shallow nibbled flaking - or so I first thought! This is actually folds in the glass from making with no damage at all. Some light dirt and grime which should clean off. A few light scratches and minor marks. Should clean up to be a beauty! 3. Good. Stained throughout. Nibbled flaking to front right base edge has a sliver up from it over 27 by up to 7 mm, but this is very shallow. Shallow chip to rear base heel. Slightly etched. A few small pitted scratches, other scratches and the odd scuff mark. Much like the Wells chemist in this auction, Frederick Boyett was also in Mollison Street! Grade: N/A Estimate: $60 - 80
