Lot 334: 5 Tassie 2 oz Chemists: Fairthorne, Hobart; Devonport Drug Co; Galvin, Launceston; Johnston; Lithgow. (Tasmania)

N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. Has a ground inner lip, this would have had a stopper at some stage. Hazy. Impact to upper rear lip. Spot of wear to upper rear lip. A few little lip nicks. Little nicks and wear to base edge. Couple of deep scratches to lower rear. Some scuffs and scratches. Couple of scratches to front mid body. Some other scuffs and scratches. Little flake or two to embossing. Oiled internally. First of this size that we have sold. 2. VG. Some light inner haze in places. 7 x 2 mm really fine bruise to upper rear lip. A few tiny nicks around the lip edge. Some scratches down the rear which are a bit deeper than standard. Another deep scratch to lower front left, where this crosses the base edge there is a small nibbled flake. Nice example of this unusual bottle, we have not sold one of these before. 3. VG. 6 x 4 mm nibbled flake to upper front left lip. Outer lip here has a small 4 x 2 mm flake. Little flake around from this too. Nick to rear lip. Some light haze. Nick or two. Oiled internally. Little flake to left rear base edge. Couple of scuffs and a few scratches. We have never sold one of these before. 4. VG. Hazy, has a slight look of etching internally. Front neck has a small curved surface fracture that looks a bit like an annealing mark. Some scratches and the odd little scuff mark. We have sold a 2 ounce Jonston from Latrobe before, this is the first Devonport example though. 5. Good. 17 x 4 mm flaked chip along the upper front lip, there is an associated bruise down from this. This may have been sanded over slightly. Polished. Some scuffs and scratches are a bit deep in places. Some other scratches and marks. Flake to front left base edge corner. Little nick to right base edge. Nick to left base edge. We have not sold one of these before.. Estimate: $50-100