Sold for A$20
Keep / Stopper Tight // This jar is the aboslute / property of / and must be returned to / Sharpe Bros. / Caution / Persons damaging, wilfully / retaining, trading with or / misappropriating the use of / this Jar / Will be prosecuted. No potters stamp. (Australia & New Zealand). Demijohn. Printed. Internal Thread Stoneware Demijohn. Tan Top. Blue/Black Print. 1 Gallon. 338 mm with the cork stuck in. 1910s+
Very Good. (7). Someone has jammed a cork in the top, it is really stuck but no damage can be seen to the inner lip. Large 23 x 19 mm chip to the back left top. Dark scratch of about 90 mm down from the front right shoulder. Crazing throughout. Nice shoulder and top glaze. The print definitely shows some blue amongst the black, this is sometimes the nature of the Blue/black ink that was commonly used at the time, usually it does come out black but some examples like this must have had slightly different firing temperatures or similar that brings out a bit more of the blue. Estimate: $50-100
