Sold for A$2,700
Shark tooth design to bulbous base, long tapered neck. Pontil. (United Kingdom) (This is from the late Kingsley Durdin collection). Goldfields. Salad Oil. Applied top. Neck ring above a slightly tapered long ten sided neck, above another body ring. Bulbos lower body has a shark tooth design around base edge. Aqua. 4 oz. 158 mm. 1850s
Very Good. (7.6). A few patches of light surface haze. Couple of slightly pitted but very small marks near base edge. Nick to heel. Some minor scratches and the odd scuff mark. Chunky remains of the crude pontil underneath. Great example overall of a very rare salad oil bottle. This is part of the late Kingsley Durdin collection. Estimate: $1500-2000
