Sold for A$165
Pair of impressed Ginger Beers: 1. E J, Prevot. No potters mark. (Victoria) 2. T Field / Potter / Sydney. (New South Wales) Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered Salt glaze. Impressed. 10 oz. 164 & 152 mm. 1840s-1860s
1. Good. Flake to front lip. Wear to lip edge. Wear around shoulder. Two chips under rear base, another chip to right base edge and some other flakes and wear around the base edge too. Some scratches and minor marks. Great impression, one of several variations available. This is an early Melbourne bottle. 2. Good. A nice crude, grey coloured example of this early Aussie bottle. This could possibly be late 1840s. Two flake chips under left and front base edge, these are 20 x 13 mm and 30 x 13 mm. 17 x 6 mm flake to right base edge. Syd of Sydney is non existent. Dull all over. Some crud stuck to the surface at the rear. Interesting bottle, the location of the stamp seems higher than normal as well for one of these. Grade: N/A Estimate: $60 - 80
