Sold for A$3,750
Giant club type oil. Wide base. Ribs around base. Petalled shoulder. Double ring at bottom of neck and triple ring at mid neck. Wide flat pontil scar to base. (United Kingdom) Goldfields Salad Oil Huge size "Club" type salad oil. Applied top. Aqua. 26 oz. 368 mm. 1840s-1850s
Very Good. Polished. Has been only lightly cleaned. Dull inside the neck. The wide pontil mark at the base is dull too but this is from making. Some annealing marks in the lip. Just a few scratches and marks around. A tiny open bubble inside one of the rings at the lower neck. None of the heavy etching we've seen in a couple of other examples of this bottle. Rare and impressive Australian Goldfields era salad oil. Grade: 7.8 Estimate: $1500 - 2000
