Sold for A$25
1. ?vii / (OJL Monogram in a wreath) / O. J. Lawson / Fitzroy. Base: M. 2. ?vii / (GP in a Monogram) / G. Pleasance / Chapel Street / Prahran. Base: M. 3. Ken Billing / Your Corner Chemist / Yarrawonga Phone 35. Base: ? 8 D18. 4. George Mitchell / Footscray. Base: M. 5. J. Lacey / 171 Bourke St / Melbourne. Base: M. (Victoria) (late Ern Taylor Collection). Medicine. Chemist. Various 170, 174, 161, 165 & 169 mm. 1900s - 1950s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Good. 5 x 3 mm chip to the front right lip. Just a bit dull and stained throughout. Should clean up pretty well. 2. VG. Stained and dull. Some rust on spots. Fleabite to the front base edge. Well embossed. Good looking bottle. 3. EXC. Just a bit of light hazy stain and minor marks. Unusual one. There is a little range of these later sandblasted chemist bottles around but you don't see them too often. 4. Good. Stained. Back left base corner has a fracture and bruise over 15 x 12 mm with a small 5 mm fracture just in front of it. Other back base edge has a small flake or burst bubble over the edge of it. Some scratches and marks. Still a bit dirty. Not a common suburban Melbourne chemist. 5. VG. Stained. 2 x 1 mm flake on the back lip. Some rust and other marks to the surface. Looks to be a nice colour. (late Ern Taylor Collection). Estimate: $40-60
