Sold for A$220
Pair of Adelaide ginger beers: 1. The / Adelaide / Ginger Beer / Company. No potters stamp. 2. The Adelaide / Ginger Beer Co. No Potters Stamp. (South Australia) Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered 1. Impressed. All White. 10 oz. 2. Impressed. Salt Glaze. 10 oz. 1. 167 mm. 2. 161 mm.. 1850s-1870s
1. Very Good. A little glaze wear to upper lip. Tiny flake to right lip, there is a fine hairline from this over the blob. Another to left lip. Some crazing to shoulder. Some grime. Fine shoulder wear. Chip to left front base edge. A few other base edge nicks. Some fine glaze wear in places and a bit of discolouration. A rare bottle. 2. Fair. Wear to upper lip, there is a repaired chip over about 13 mm to upper lip and a front outer lip chip over about 9 x 7 mm has also been repaired. Some flakes and chips to the bottom of the lip. Shoulder wear, an impact flake and short crack and some other marks. The front shoulder has an ugly, large mark over about 40 x 15 mm that is hard to explain. It looks like a burnt section. The glaze drips around this seem to indicate this was from making, regardless, it is ugly. A few filled chips around the front base edge and heel. Some other chips and flakes around much of the base. Heavy glaze wear and flakes around most of the body. A rare bottle, this is rarer than the white version. Grade: N/A Estimate: $200 - 250
