Sold for A$70
Four Australian Bitters Bottles: 1. JKB & Co // Utica // Hop // Bitters. Smooth base. (Blogg, Melbourne, Victoria) 2. Bavarian Hop Bitters. No Base Mark. (Victoria) 3. (Flag) / New York / Hop / Bitters / Company. No base mark. (Australia) 4. Dr Bell's Liver & / Kidney Bitters // - // Dr Bell's Liver & / Kidney Bitters. No base mark. Spirits Bitters 1. Semi-cabin shape. Applied top. Aqua. 26 oz. 2. Applied top. Tapered gin shape. Aqua. 26 oz. 3. Semi Cabin. Applied top. Aqua. 26 oz. 4. Applied top. Aqua. 24 oz. 241, 224, 246 & 233 mm. 1880s - 1890s
1. Good. There has been some grinding work done around the lip. Some hazy patches. Oiled internally. Some scuffs and scratches. A few little impacts and pitted marks. 2. Fair. Stained. Two large lip chips, basically chunks out of either side. Upper lip flake between these two chunks. Tiny flake to shoulder. Scrape mark near shoulder. A couple of surface bubbles. One or two little pitted scratches. Little nibbled impact to heel. Some scuffs and scratches. This is a rare Victorian bitters from R. O'Donnell & Co of Melbourne. 3. Good. Polished. Rear inner lip chip has been ground out, there has been some grinding around the upper lip in general as well. Small bruise remains to inner lip. Remains of some etching down the inner right. A few little pitted scratches. A bit of etching around the embossing. Burst bubble amongst the embossing. Embossing is a bit rounded. Some scuffs and scratches. 4. Very Good. Tiny flake to upper lip. Couple of other impacts to upper lip. Some inner shoulder dirt looks like it will soak out. Some patches of light haze. A few deep scratches. Deep scuffed scratch to lower small corner panel. A few other scratches and some fine scuffs. One or two small surface bubbles. Quite a decent example of this Australian bottle. Grade: N/A Estimate: $80 - 120
