Sold for A$210
Six early Sydney impressed Ginger Beers: 1. T Field / Potter / Sydney. 2. T Field / Potter / Sydney. 3. T Field / Potter / Sydney. 4. T. Field & Sons / Sydney / Potters. 5. T. Field & Sons / Sydney / Potters. 6. Lane Cove Brick / and / Pottery / Works / Willoughby. (New South Wales) Ginger Beer Various Dump. Salt Glaze. Impressed. 10 oz. 166, 156, 163, 190, 171 & 170 mm. 1850s-1890s
1. Very Good. There is a fine hairline that runs the entire way around the base - varies from about 6 to 18 mm up from the base edge. There are a couple of short lines that come from this main hairline but only up to about 15 mm long. A few small flakes and marks at the shoulder. Lovely colour. Impressed stamp has been highlighted with chalk but is pretty strong and clear. Nice example. 2. Fair. Large 20 x 18 mm chip to the side top. Nibbles and small chips all around the shoulder, the biggest mark here looks like it was a kiln kiss. A couple of small blowouts formed in the kiln. Some wear and marks otherwise. Chalk in the stamp to highlight. 3. Fair. Two large chips to the top: 10 x 8 and 25 x 10 mm. These chips could be at least partially kiln kisses judging by the rounded nature of their edges and fired look to the clay, nonetheless they still affect the display of the bottle. Bit of wear and minor marks and nibbles elsewhere. Chalk in the stamp for highlighting. 4. Good. The whole lip has small chips repaired around it. There is also fill down the right body and around the front to right base edge. Another small filled chip at the back shoulder. But this bottle is an absolute beauty. There is a big kiln kiss at the upper back and another down the front. At the shoulder this bottle is essentially an oval. I'd suspect some of the repairs are actually filling making marks because this is a super rough example - which of course is its appeal! Great colour. Nice clear stamp. 5. Very Good. Surface wear all around. Massive 20 x 10 mm indent at the side is from making. Also a line across the middle of the stamp is from the potter. Some chalk in the stamp to highlight it. Just the general glaze wear is really the main thing. Nice bottle. 6. Fair. But there are repairs all around the base and some of that repair goes through the left half of the stamp. Also some repaired chips at the shoulder. Kiln blowout at the the back. Bit of wear around. The repair work is very good but still quite obvious. I would guess a little over half of the stamp is original. Very hard to get and looks great on display. Grade: N/A Estimate: $150 - 200
