Sold for A$10
1. Crescent / Packing Coys // - // Essence / Coffee & Chicory // - //. Base Mark: (XL within a Diamond). (Queensland) 2. C. M. Brooke & Sons / Best Coffee Essence. Base: M. (Victoria) 3. Brooke's / Coffee Essence. Base: M. 4. Brooke's Essence / Coffee & Chicory. No base mark. 5. Brooke's / Coffee Ess. No base mark. (Victoria) (late Ern Taylor Collection). Household. Coffee. Square. Tool finished top & Shear Lip. Aqua. 10, 5 & 2 oz. 222, 221, 169, 163 & 116 mm. 1900s - 1920s
N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. Probably better. A bit grimy. Hazy. Light surface marks. Nice orangle peel effect to the surface of the glass from making. 2. Good. Scuffed 16 x 6 mm chip to the front edge just across from the E of Brooke. Smaller but similar mark near the base along this same edge. Bit of stain. Scuffs and wear. Great embossing and colour. 3. VG. A bit dull and stained throughout. Minor marks otherwise. Nice bottle. 4. VG. Dull. Only minor wear or other marks. Nice little bottle. 5. Good. Dull. Still a bit dirty. 10 mm fine fracture at the back right base corner that may also continue under some rust stain along the base edge. 5 x 5 mm bruise around an inclusion on the upper mid back. A similar but much smaller mark on the edge below the back left shoulder. (late Ern Taylor Collection). Estimate: $30-50
