Lot 147: 6 UK Ginger Beers. Castle Brewery, Guildford; Hall & Co Brewery, Alton, Hants; H. G. Varney, Oxford; D. Pettifor & Sons, Ansty, near Leicester; T. C. Morgan, Hay; Idris.

N/A. (N/A). 1. Very Good. 42 mm dark hairline to upper left. A few shallow glaze flakes. Some scratches and a little wear. 2. Very Good. Little chip to front shoulder. 17 x 12 mm flat chip under rear base, smaller flake to lower body in this same location. Rusty underneath. Little glaze flake or two to body. Some fine scratches and marks. Quite a visually pleasing bottle! 3. Very Good. 10 x 7 mm chip to rear base edge below the potters stamp. Small flake type mark to lower front left, this is likely a making mark. Couple of little impact marks. Some fine scratches. Nice looking bottle. 4. Mint. Quite a late bottle, possibly 1950s? Has the printed Pearson's, Chesterfield potters stamp under the base. Little sliver to right base edge is likely from making. Great example. 5. VG. 9 x 6 mm flake to front left shoulder. Little flake to front right shoulder. Kiln kiss to upper front left from making. Some discoloured scuffs. Odd black spots down the front are spots of ink under the glaze from making. Some scratches and other marks. Couple of patches of surface rust. Couple of shallow, smallish flakes to the base edge and under the heel. Some small spots of discolouration, possibly spots of surface wear. A few fine scratches and minor marks. Lovely looking bottle, these have been passed off as Australian in the past, but this is definitely not an Australian bottle, it is from the UK. 6. VG. 9 x 6 mm flake to front left shoulder. Little flake to front right shoulder. Kiln kiss to upper front left from making. Some discoloured scuffs. Odd black spots down the front are spots of ink under the glaze from making. Some scratches and other marks. Estimate: $50-100