Sold for A$110
N. S. W. / Fresh Food / - . - / & / Ice Coy / Ltd // Please Wash and / return empty bottle. Base: (Crown). (New South Wales). Household. Dairy. Pickle shaped. Ledge in the lip for a cardboard wad or similar. Tool finished top. Aqua. 1 Pint. 205 mm. 1910s-1920s
Very Good. (7.1). 7 x 4 mm shallow flake to upper front left lip. Small nibbled impact to upper left rear lip, there is a 8 mm associated fracture along the upper lip through this. Small sliver to upper rear lip. Maybe another little sliver or two, it is hard to tell as this is crudely made with plenty of folds and bubbles around lip from making. 3 x 3 mm nibbled impact to front neck. 4 mm pitted scratch to lower front left shoulder, there is a small surface bruise at one end of this. 9 mm pitted scratch near front base edge, there is a shallow 5 x 4 mm flake on one side of this. 2 x 2 mm flake to rear near base edge. 3 x 2 mm flake to right rear base edge with a butterfly shaped flake next to it over about 4 x 2 mm. Little sliver to front right heel and another nick or two. Some scratches and light scuffs. Little impact to the A of wash at the rear. The marks are mostly small and insignificant, this is a decent example of a rare bottle, the first we have sold in this aqua colour. Estimate: $100-150
