Sold for A$1,150
J Williams. No potters stamp. (Tasmania). Ginger Beer. Cork Stoppered. Salt glaze. Impressed. 10 oz. 168 mm. 1840s
Very Good. (7.5). Some minor very fine glaze wear to upper lip. 3 x 2 mm nick to glaze to lower front lip. 5 x 5 mm glaze flake to front shoulder. 30 mm diagonal scuffed scratch to upper front. A little fine shoulder wear. 35 mm split below the word Williams is a making mark. Some nibbled wear and fine glaze flakes around the left base edge, these are all minor. 8 x 4 mm chip and a 12 x 10 mm chip under the base, but there are also lumps under the base, these are all making marks. A few minor glaze pops around the body from making. Some minor spots of wear as well. An extremely rare and early ginger beer from Hobart Town, this is the first undamaged example that we have sold. Estimate: $600-800
