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Three Cordial Bottles: 1. Etna Preserving Co. / Etna / (Mountain) / Melbourne // This bottle is the property / of The Etna Preserving Co / Melbourne. Base Mark: M. 2. Brooke's "Lemos" / Registered Trade Mark // C. M. Brooke & Sons Property / Cape Town S.A / Melbourne, Australia / (Lemon shape) Only / Contents / Sold // This bottle cannot be legally used by others for any purpose / The Original & Best / India Regd No 8449 Regd No 2596 Aust. Base: Regd / No 13. 3. Brooke's Fruit Squashes // C. M. Brooke & Sons' Property / New York U. S. A. / Melbourne Aust. / Christchurch N. Z. // Regd for all liquids. NZd. No 352 / Are Absolutely the Best / Regd Aust. No 28. Base: Regd All Liquids / N.Z. / No 352. (Victoria, New Zealand, South Africa & United States) Household Cordial 1. Cylinder. Fancy neck and shoulder. Tool finished top. Sun coloured Amethyst. 26 oz. 2. Applied top, tooled finish. Fancy registered design shape. Diamonds on back with lemon shaped label space. Aqua. 26 oz. 3. Applied top, tooled finish. Fancy registered design shape. Diamonds on back with lemon shaped label space. Amethyst. 26 oz. 314, 288 & 288 mm. 1910s-1920s
1. Fair. Crack in mid nick goes right around in a curve nearly back to where it started from, though there is a bit of a gap. 70 mm L shaped crack to left rear neck. 50 mm horizontal crack to left rear shoulder. P shaped crack to upper rear goes up 70 mm, across 20 and down 20 mm. 60 mm crack joins this to left rear. 40 mm crack to right rear upper body. 13 x 15 mm bruise to upper right, small bruise next to this. Small bruise to lower rear. 35 x 25 mm crack near rear base edge. Two further bruises to base edge at rear and two to front base edge. Some inner hazy dirt could clean out. Has seen better days, yet oddly still looks OK on the shelf. 2. Very Good. Dip to inner lip looks to be from making. Some inner haze. Little impact and associated sliver to corner up near shoulder on one of the writing panels. Impact to diamond point next to label space at rear has a nibbled shallow flake over about 14 x 6 mm. Some little scuffs and scratches. 3. Very Good. Some grime will soak off. A bit of inner haze, might clean up a bit too. 4 x 2 mm nibbled shallow impact to mid label space at rear, smaller nick to lower label space. A few little scuffs and some scratches. Shallow 3 x 2 mm surface bruise to lower body on the Brooke's panel. Lovely colour, should clean up OK. Grade: N/A Estimate: $40 - 60
