Lot 687: Collection Antique Coffee Essence Bottles

1. Very Good. Some scrapes, nibbles and scratches around the lip. 3 x 2 mm ding near side base. Tiny impact flake to corner. Stained throughout with some scratches to be found. Quite a rare Australian coffee bottle. 2. Very Good. Some rust spots. One rust spot to lip may have a fine fracture behind it over about 10 mm. Rusty scratch to one side down low with a scuff mark near it. Little impact to one base corner, couple of other impact flakes to body. Some scrape marks, scuffs and scratches. Some inner haze and a bit of dullness externally. Very crudely made bottle with lumps and bumps everywhere from making. The Crescent Packing Company was a Brisbane operation ran by Messrs Thurlow & Co. 3. Excellent. Some fine inner dirt. Some scrapes and scratches, mainly down the corner edges. A few fine fisheyes. The aqua stopper has a couple of flakes. The colour on this, whilst not overly deep, has that blue hue to it giving it the appearance of a zapped bottle? We have not seen clear or purple ones before either, so it is likely zapped. 4. Excellent. Odd colour, may have been zapped? Some inner neck dirt. Spot of surface crud to front shoulder, this scrapes off. Some scuffs and scratches. Unusual bottle from a famous company! 5. Excellent. Scrape along upper lip edge on one side. A few tiny impact flakes to the corner edges. Airbubble to Brisbane side has a fracture around half its edge. Some minor inner haze. Some minor scratches and fisheyes. A great Australian coffee essence. 6. Good. Light inner haze. Milky fractured bruise covers a major portion of the underside of the base, this is a very odd mark that looks in part to be from making, and is not at all visible when the bottle is standing up. Couple of dull patches to the outside. Some scratches and fisheyes. Flake to corner half way down. An Australian brand, possibbly from Robert Harper and Co. Grade: N/A Estimate: $60 - 80