Sold for A$1,550
Cascade Brewery Co Ld / (Life Buoy) / Life Buoy / Trade Mark / Brand / Sparkling Sparkling / Dandelion / Ale / Hobart. Tasmania. Impressed stamp: Bourne / Denby. (Tasmania) Ginger Beer Cork Stoppered Champagne shape. Blue lip, Tan shoulder. Black Print. 10 oz. 220 mm. 1890s
Very Good. Remains of paint around most of the blue lip, however, this has been scraped back revealing shiny glaze of original lip in most areas,and you can see clearly where the repair is, which is quite small! 8 x 9 mm chip to upper outer right lip has been filled. 10 x 4 mm flake to inner rear lip has also been filled and that's it! That is why I am often saying to people these days to leave bottles with small chips as they are, if this repair had not been done a long time ago and deteriorated I would have had to grade this lower as it could have been possible that half the top had been repaired. Front right neck seems to have a coating as well, which I think is where the lip coating has dripped down when repaired? Maybe a small hairline was covered over, it is hard to tell. Small pinprick blowout to left rear shoulder. two very fine glaze hairlines to left. Tiny spot of wear to front base edge. Flake to left base edge, two flakes to rear base edge, nothing deep at all. Crazing throughout. A classic bottle and a decent example for the shelf. Grade: 7 Estimate: $400 - 600
