Sold for A$20
1. This bottle is the property of / Fidelity Products Ltd / Adelaide. Base Mark: A. G. M. (South Australia) 2. Tussi / The / Wonderful / Cough / Cure / Registered / W. H. Evans / Adelaide. No base mark. (South Australia) 3. Winjennia. No base mark. (Victoria, New South Wales). Medicine. Cure. 1. Applied top, tooled finish. Octagonal. Clear. 12 oz. 2. Applied top. Aqua. 4 oz. 3. Applied top, spun finish. Amber. 2 oz. 215, 132 & 110 mm. 1900s - 1920s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Good. Some dust and grime which will clean off. A bit hazy too. 10 mm crack to mid front left body. Some scuffs and scratches scattered around. A rare bottle, we have never sold one before. Ths company were advertising only in 1928, this likely contained what they were advertising which was Fydell's Whooping Cough Cure! I would have originally picked this as being a food bottle of some sort until I found the Fidelity advertising in newspapers. 2. Stained throughout with etching. Has been oiled, is now very grimy as well. Rear half of the outer lip is very heavily chipped. Scuffs and scratches. 3. A bit hazy throughout. Oiled internally. Some scratches and scuffs to be found. Great, strong embossing. The Winjennia company were based in Melbourne and made medicinal soaps and ointments. They extracted Alum from the "Burning Mountain" (an underground burning coal seam) in the Wingen area of New South Wales. Estimate: $40-80
