Old Vintage Milk Bottles

Sold for A$45

Three Pint Milks: 1. BM / Crockford & Sons / Pty. / Ltd. / Epsom Road / Ascot Vale. // This bottle contains milk bottled for sale / by B. M. Crockford & Sons Pty Ltd / and always remains their property / It is loaned / and cannot legally be used by others / One Imperial Pint. Base Mark: 217. 2. This bottle contains / Milk / Bottled for sale by / H. R. Richards & Son's / T.B / Tested Milk / Phone 410 / Wangaratta / Waratah Dairy / Bottle is the property of the above / it is loaned and cannot be legally / used by others // One Imperial Pint. Base: 605 / small impressed 950. 3. This bottle contains / Milk / Bottled for sale by / J. Welsh / Jersey Dairy / Phone 437 / Wangaratta / Bottle is the property of the above / it is loaned and cannot be legally / used by others // One Imperial Pint. Base: 619 / small impressed 052. (Victoria) Household Dairy Machine made, wad style thick lip. Clear. 1 Pint. 205 mm. 1940s

1. Good. Right rear lip has a nibbled impact flake. Tiny nick around from this. Nibbled wear around outer lip seam. Front left base heel has a flake. Line of stain down the front. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. A little high point wear to some of the embossing. A few tiny fisheyes and impacts. 2. Very Good. Small nibbled flake to upper rear lip. Small nibbled flake under right base heel. Little nibbled mark to rear base heel. Small nicks to be found to the body. Light scratches scattered around, certainly nothing deep at all. 3. Good. Has a 10 x 9 mm chip to the back left lip. A few other little fleabites around. Crate wear all over. Not too many deep marks but scuffy. Main embossing is very strong. Not an easy one to get, we have only sold one clear example in Auction 31, and that was this example. Grade: N/A Estimate: $30 - 50

Lot 647: Old Vintage Milk Bottles

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