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8 Hot Sauces: 1. Stephens Son & Co / Gloucester. No base mark. 2. Hogarth & // Cos Sauce / London. Indented smooth base. 3. Goodall Backhouse & Co / Yorkshire // Relish. Large cross to base. 4. Lichtner & Co. Smooth base. 5. Newman's. Base: Large Triangle with 342 inside. 6. This bottle is the property of / Pick-Me-Up Condiment Co Ltd / Sydney 1921. Base: 1255. 7. Red Heart / (Love Heart). Smooth base (This bottle from Cunliff & Paterson, Melbourne). 8. (Around shoulder) Hunter Poulton & Co. Base: BGW / oo Household Sauce 1.- 3. & 5. Shouldered cylinder. Applied triple collar top. Aqua. 5 oz. 4. & 8. Shouldered cylinder. Spun on triple collar top. Aqua. 10 oz. 6. Rectangular section, long neck. Spun finished double collar top. Clear. 10 oz. 7. Shouldered cylinder. Crude applied double collar lip. Aqua. 5 oz. N/A. 1880s-1920s
1. Very Good. Some rust stain in little spots. Dullness over about three-quarters of the surface. Very crude with lots of mould marks. One mould mark on the front looks like a crack, but is actually a deep fold within the glass. Some scuffs and scratches with little impact marks and fleabites on the surface. 2. Good. Heavily stained, etched and worn on the surface. 7 x 4 mm chip to the top and inner front lip. Some other scratches and scuffs. 3. Very Good. Some dullness in places and rust stain on the shoulder. Scratches and scuffs over the surface. Very fine fracture to the surface of a large bubble at the side. 4. Very Good. Some dullness and stain inside. Outside is slightly dull and has some scuffs and marks. Light wear to surface of embossing. 5. Good. 9 x 8 mm and 4 x 3 mm chips/fractures near the base. Some dullness and scratches around the base. Comes with the original stopper and cork surround. A little bit of internal stain. 6. Good. Some stain in the neck and elsewhere inside. A bit of external dullness and scuffs and scratches. 11 x 4 mm shallow chip off the back shoulder. Quite a crudely made bottle with bubbles and crude finishing. 7. Good. Stained inside and out, generally just on the surface however. Small flake to front base at end of long diagonal bubble. Crude surface lines around the bottle, one appears to have developed into a shallow fracture over about ten mm at the rear. Some little fleabites to lip. Hard to get early Melbourne sauce. 8. Good. This bottle is full of dried up Phenyle, needs some acetone or similar to clean it out. Outside has some dullness and scratches. A couple of open bubbles from manufacture to be seen outside. Scarce Australian sauce. Grade: N/A Estimate: $15 - 25
