Sold for A$75
Five Spirits Bottles: 1. Bitters / (Winged Hand holding a lit taper with Sun behind) / Trade Mark / Gippsland / Hop Bitters / Co // 1884 // TT & Co // Hop. Smooth base. (Victoria) 2. Erven Lucas Bols // Amsterdam / 2. Base Mark: 3/4 L. (Netherlands) 3. & 4. Pair of P. F. Heering bottles with Kiobenhavn around the heel. 5. R. W. Preston & Co / Liverpool. No base mark. Miscellaneous Bottles 1. Semi-cabin shape. Applied top. Aqua. 24 oz. 2. Machine made. Green. 26 oz. 3.. Applied top. Red amber. 26 oz. 4. Applied top. Green. 26 oz. 5. Applied top. Aqua. 26 oz. 240, 267, 280, 278 & 249 mm. 1890s - 1940s
1. Very Good. 10 x 7 mm chip to outer front right lip is reasonably deep. Some inner dirt will soak out. A couple of scuffs down the corners. A few scratches here and there. Little impact to oner shoulder corner has a small surface fracture from it. Thin small flake near a corner on lower body is a tiny glass pull from making. A few fisheyes. Tiny flake to lower corner near base. 2. Very Good. Some dirt and grime which will clean off. Some scuffs and scratches, a couple are deeper than standard. A bit nibbled to base edge, although some of this is from the crude manufacture. Some rust stain. A few little fisheyes and impact marks. An interesting looking bottle. 3. Excellent. Little sliver to rear base edge. Quite heavily grimy throughout, but looks like this will clean up OK. 4. Excellent. Some dust. Some fine scratches and minor marks. Tiny lip nick and one or two fisheyes. Beautiful colour. 5. Very Good. Couple of little nibbled marks to lip edge. Series of bubbles to inne lip and neck at front are at the surface. Some scuffs and scratches scattered around. An interesting bottle, early adverts for this company all mention rum, hence the listing as a rum bottle. This is from the late Roy Millar collection Grade: N/A Estimate: $80 - 120
