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Sold for A$55
1. Health Beverages / (Horseshoe or Arch) / When Empty Return To / Sharpe Bros / Australia / & / New Zealand // Caution / Persons Damaging, Retaining or / Trading with this Jar are liable / to be Prosecuted. No potters stamp. Original Hands Across The Sea stopper in place, plus a spare wooden Marchant stopper. 2. (Large Bell) / The Francis Cordial Manufacturing Co / Melbourne / Trade Mark // Caution / This bottle is the property / of the Francis Cordial Man- / ufacturing Co., and cannot / legally be used by others. No potters stamp. (Moonee Valley Company, Victoria). Demijohn. Printed. 1. Stoneware Demijohn. Internal Thread. Tan Top. Black Print. 1 Gallon. 2. Internal Thread. Tan Top. Half Gallon. 1. 332 mm without stopper 2. 270 mm.. 1900s - 1920s
N/A. (N/A). 1. A little minor wear and a small glaze flake or two around upper and inner lip. Circle of wear below the lip from the handle. Some crude making marks to the shoulder where the potter has scraped through the glaze leaving divots. Discoloured scratches and scuffs to be found. 60 mm hairline down from front shoulder. Wear scattered throughout which is discoloured in places as well. 2. Has a wooden Marchant stopper in place. 50 x 18 mm chunk out of the rear lip.Dark crack curves up the left rear and across the rear shoulder. Shallow chip at left rear base edge. Some wear and discolouration. When researching this company I noticed the only advert had a Miller Street, North Fitzroy address which exactly matches the address for the Moonee Valley Aerated Water Company and Horonda Brewery, at the same time! This therefore is one of the many brands that Moonee Valley produced. Estimate: $30-60
