Sold for A$121
Four all white Hall ginger beers: 1. Hall & Sons / Norwood. Potters Stamp: Old Kent Road / T. Smith & Co / London. 2. Hall & Sons / Norwood. No Potters Stamp. 3. G. Hall & Sons / Norwood. No potters stamp. 4. G. Hall & Sons / Norwood. Potters Stamp: Doulton / Lambeth. (South Australia) Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered 1. All White. Impressed. 10 oz. 2. All White. Impressed. 10 oz. 3. All White. Impressed. 10 oz. 4. All White. Impressed. 10 oz. 1. 164 mm. 2. 173 mm. 3. 167 mm. 4. 164 mm.. 1870s-1890s
1. Very Good. Making splits to inner lip. A few glaze hairlines to lip and neck, these join up with crazing in places. Flake to left shoulder. Rusty stain to rear shoulder. Hairline down the left side. Scratch to rear. Crazing throughout with some discolouration. Small stamp, the T. Smith pottery from London is not one I have seen on Australian bottles often at all. 2. Good. Upper lip wear. Shoulder wear. Blowout near front left base edge. Impact to right base edge has horseshoe crack from it. Flake to rear base edge. Some rust stain. A bit of glaze wear with some scratches and discolouration. 3. Good. Dark flake to front lip, discoloured large chip to front right lip and some other wear and lip flakes. Some shoulder wear. Tiny flake to base edge. Some crazing throughout, a bit discoloured in places. A bit of body wear and discolouration. 4. Good. Deep 12 x 10 mm inner left lip chip. Outer lip has a hairline here. A few little upper lip glaze flakes. Flake under rear base edge. A few fine shoulder flakes. Dark spotty stain throughout. Some scratches. Grade: N/A Estimate: $40 - 60
