Sold for A$520
Cosmopoliet / (Man Holding Bottle) / J. J. Melchers WZ / Schiedam. Three dots to base. Spirits Gin Dutch Case Gin. Applied tapered top. Dark Olive Green. 26 oz. 235 mm. 1880s
Very Good. Unusual smaller size. Has a difficult to see line that looks like a crack that starts at the front just below the H of Schiedam and runs 27 mm to the base, then, where it most noticeable, 25 mm across the corner to the left side where there is a 5 x 5 mm chip or indent that has some wear on it on the base edge,. The line however continues up in a curve to the edge of the bottle but by here it is clearly a line of darker black glass that then continues through and above the word Schiedam and continues to squiggle around the bottle. So hard to say for sure just if or where there is a crack amongst this! Very crudely applied top with a big blob on to the shoulder. Small surface bubbles with some red stain in them around the bottle. Hundreds of bubbles in the glass, a really crude and nice bottle. Grade: 7 Estimate: $400 - 600
