Sold for A$260
Mildura / Fruit / Jar / Made By The Melbour // ne Glass Bottle Co. No base mark. (Victoria). Household. Jar. Lightning or Bail type. Ground lip. Aqua. 1 Quart. 185 mm. 1890s - 1900s
Good. (6). No lid. 7 x 3 mm chip to front right lip. About 40 mm of nibbled flaking to inner front left lip, there is bruising and fracturing down from this over about 40 x 15 mm. 10 mm crack in left rear lip. 25 x 7 mm bruise to inner lip in this same location. Flake next to this. Some fine wear to outer lip. Only has the under lip wire left, this is quite rusty. Quite scuffed and scratched around the heel. Some other scuffs and scratches scattered around, some are a little deeper than standard. We have sold two Mildura Fruit Jars before, they both had the lugs in the neck though, this is the first we have sold without those lugs, a very rare item indeed. Estimate: $300-500
