Sold for A$3,500
1 Gal (in lip) // Please return / to Harpley Hurn / McLaren Vale. (South Australia). Demijohn. Impressed. Handled stoneware Demijohn. Impressed / Engraved. Tan Top. Gallon. 316 mm. 1910s
Fair. (5.9). Handle is broken off and there is a large deep damaged area to the front lip of about 50 x up to 15 mm. Rest of it is pretty great. Some stain, minor scuffs and marks. Harpley Hurn was a storekeeper in McLaren Vale roughly around 1911 to 1913. By 1914 he was at Semaphore (and getting fined for riding his bicycle on the footpath!) Rare item and well worth getting repaired. Estimate: $200-300
