Sold for A$45
Porcelain lightning stopper printed: P. J. Martin / Australian Brewery // N. Fritzner / Patent / Berlin. Beer Lightning Stopper Porcelain stopper. White with black print. 22 mm. 1870s
Excellent. Bit dirty and with rusty wire through the middle. Good print. Interesting item as no bottles are known from this brewery, quite possible that they were used on plain, labelled bottles. The Australian Brewery was in Flinders-lane, Melbourne and operated between the 1860s and early 1880s. Grade: 8.7 Estimate: $10 - 20
