Sold for A$8,000
Stodart / Tasmania. No potters stamp. (Tasmania). Ginger Beer. Convict. Convict ginger beer or spruce bottle. Impressed. Salt glaze. 20 oz. 215 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). Minor kiln kiss to lip, and another couple to mid neck in slightly dinted regions. Minor kiln kiss to shoulder. Some other making marks. You can see some lines which is where the joins are, these don't stand out. Slightly separated crack to neck. A museum quality repair (as in not intended to deceive) of a museum quality piece of pottery. This was made at the Leak pottery in Sydney, with shards having been found in an archaeological excavation at the pottery. Only one complete example is known and two restored examples. Estimate: $1000-2000
