Sold for A$5,000
Ozz (ZZO) // Poison - Not to be taken internally // Ozz (ZZO) // - //. Base: M. (This is from the late Kingsley Durdin collection). Poison. Cobalt. Genie shaped bottle but with flat sides. Tool finished lip. Cobalt. 3 oz approximately. 154 mm. 1910s
Near Mint. (9.4). Some folds and minor marks around the lip are all from making. Around the bottle are some swirls of darker blue glass from making. 5 mm surface scrape to edge of one of the OZZ panels across from a Z. Unusual surface texture on and around the word Poison and across much of the base, this is the way it was made. Crisp embossing is entirely blemish free. One or two tiny surface bubbles. Just one or two minor scratches and marks. A superb example of one of Australia's rarest and most sought after poison bottles! Only advertising found is from J. J. Cunningham Echuca in late 1911 for ZZO hair lotion. Trade Mark was registered in early 1912 by Henry Malloch who was a lawyer in Melbourne. This is from the late Kingsley Durdin collection. Estimate: $2000-3000
