Sold for A$55
1. James Howard / (Horse and Rider) / Trade Mark / Ardwick. No potters mark. 2. Josiah // Russell. Potters stamp: Bourne / 16 / Denby. 3. Junior Army & Navy / Stores Ld / Farnboro' / & / Aldershot. Potters stamp: Bourne / 8 / Eastwood. 4. (Around outer edge of print) This bottle being my exclusive property and registered under the Trade Mark Act / Any one filling or Vending it is liable to Imprisonment. (Main Print) Registered Trade Mark (Fountain or similar?) / John Milne / Brewed / Ginger Beer (Gold Medals and small print either side) / Established 1846 / Stonehaven. Impressed: 35 / Buchan / 1 / Portabello / Edinburgh. (United Kingdom). Ginger Beer. Various. Various 179, 191, 173 & 187 mm. 1880s - 1920s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Good. 7 x 4 mm chip just below the front right shoulder. About a 100 mm crack from the bottom of the rear lip down to the mid rear body. 13 x 4 mm flake to front right base edge, smaller one around to the rear from this. 2. VG. Some rust scattered around. Little impact nick or two to glaze. Some minor surface wear in places. Little chip to heel is possibly a making mark. Some scratches. Texta under base. Larger than a standard dump ginger beer. 3. VG. A little very fine wear to upper lip. Some fine wear to shoulder with a few small glaze flakes as well. 8 x 5 mm flake to rear base edge, some other smaller flakes and a bit of wear around base edge. Some discoloured lines down the front, I think this is the way it was made. A bit of wear around the body and some scratches. Extremely well and deeply impressed. Interesting potters stamp, being Bourne of Eastwood, we don't see this on Australian bottles. 4. VG. Really small, I reckon this would only hold 7-8 ounces. 9 x 5 mm chip to right lip crown. There is an associated upper lip hairline as well. A few scratches. Some grime which will clean off. A great looking little bottle. Estimate: $50-100
