Sold for A$10
1. McKellan / & / Ramsay. Base Mark: M. (Melbourne, Victoria) 2. Niagara Regd // The Rapid / Floor Polish // Reputed / Pint // This bottle is / the property of / Cawsey Menck & Co / Melbourne & Sydney. No base mark. (Victoria & New South Wales) 3. R. Hurst's / Sunbeam / Polishes. No base mark. (Melbourne and Ballarat, Victoria) 4. & 5. Pair of bottles, both: Spooner's / Boot Dressing / Trade Mark / Regtd / (Boot) // Spooner's / Navy Dressing. Base: M. (Victoria). Household. Polish. Various Various. 1900s - 1910s
N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. Polished. Grimy. Hazy. Oiled. Couple of marks to left lip are inclusions from making. Some scuffs and scratches. This is a Melbourne bottle, McK & R are well known for their phenyles, this would have likely held some form of polish. Rare bottle. 2. VG. Just some very light haze in places. Little thin open bubble to inner upper body. Little flake to rear base edge. Couple of minor spots of wear to the base edge corners. Tiny inclusion to lower rear has a tiny associated star fracture. Lovely example of this unusual bottle. 3. VG. Polished. 10 mm nibbled flake along upper left rear lip. Band of heavy wear to outer lip in this same regio where it has slipped in the polisher. Hazy internally. Couple of burst bubbles. Small flake to rear base edge. Tiny 1 mm fracture to front mid left. Nick to rear bae edge. Some light scratches and scuffs. Crude, wonky lip from making. First one of these we have sold in this style. Hrst was a shoe maker in Fliners Street, Swanston Street and Bourke Street Melbourne, as well as in Ballarat. 4. Very Good. Polished. Oiled. Grimy. Some scratches and the odd scuff mark. 5. Very Good. Polished. Oiled. Grimy. Some scratches and the odd scuff mark. Estimate: $10-20
