Sold for A$8,800
G. Wise / H. T. No potters stamp. (G. Wise, Hobart Town, Tasmania). Ginger Beer. Convict. Convict ginger beer or spruce bottle. Impressed. Salt glaze. 20 oz. 200 mm. 1820s
Restored. (0). Sympathetically restored. This was in several pieces, but there was not much missing with only a couple of sections of fill (please see pictures showing the pre-restoration status of this item). You can make out lines where the joins have been, though not easily. A museum quality repair (as in not intended to deceive) of a museum quality piece of pottery. Amazing rarity, apart from this example, I think there is only one other example known. A must have for the serious pottery collectors, a once in a lifetime opportunity! Estimate: $1000-2000
