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1. The Adelaide Bottle Co-operative Company / Pickaxe Brand / (Pickaxe) / Trade Mark Regd / Limited // The property of / (Around base) The Adelaide Bottle Co-operative Society Ltd. Punt to base. (South Australia) 2. The Foster Brewing Co / Proprietary / (F) / Limited / Victoria / Guaranteed / six to the gallon // This bottle is the property / of the Foster Brewing Co. Base: F small T. (Victoria) 3. A B A / The Property of / Abbotsford Brewery / Victoria. No base mark. (Victoria) 4. BEB in Spectacles / Queensland / The Property of / The Brisbane Bottle Exchange Co Ltd. Medium punt to base. (Queensland) 5. M. B / C. V (Within a large spade) / The property of / The Manufacturers // Bottle Co. of Victoria Pty. Ltd. Deep punt to base. (Victoria). Beer. Various. Various 301 - 317 mm. 1890s - 1910s
N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. Couple of little nicks to the lip edge and lip ring. Patch or two of fine inner dirt which should soak out. Little nibbled flake to base edge. Tiny surface flake to mid rear. A few little impact marks and fisheyes. Some fine scratches and minor marks. One little flake to the embossing, otherwise only minor marks. Great example overall. 2. EXC. Little scrape mark to right lip edge. Tiny impact to left base edge. Small surface bubble or two. Some scuffs and scratches, but nothing deep. Decent example. 3. VG. Shallow burst bubble to front left shoulder. Some inner base grime which should soak out. Some spots of grime. A few fisheyes and impact marks. Quite a few scuffs and scratches scattered around, some of which are on the deeper side. Overall though, a decent example. 4. VG. 9 x 3 mm chip like mark below the front lip ring is actually a making mark. Inner left neck about 40 mm down has a flake which is also from making. Some very minor lip nibbles. Small nibbled impact to front base edge. Couple of nibbled spots of wear to the trade mark. A few little fisheyes and impact marks. Some minor scuffs and scratches. Nice, whittled glass, a good looking bottle. 5. VG. Patch of wear to lower left shoulder. Larger patch of wear to right of trade mark. Some scuffs, scratches and other spots of surface wear. Couple of nibbled impact flakes to heel and an associated smallish bruise to one of these. A few little fisheyes and impact marks. Estimate: $60-120
