Sold for A$15
Kola-Nip / Registered. Smooth base. (William Woods, Sydney, New South Wales) Household Cordial Hock shape. Applied top. Three piece mould. Green. 13 oz. 295 mm. 1900s
Very Good. Some tiny annealing marks in the neck. Some haze and light scuffs and marks elsewhere. A nice unusual bottle. Cashing in on the craze for medicated Kola drinks of the time (of course Coca-Cola becoming the most famous). William Woods of Woods Great Peppermint Cure fame moved from New Zealand to Sydney in the early 1900s and it appears he sold Kola Nip in Australia for Sharland & Co of Auckland. Grade: 7.9 Estimate: $20 - 30
