Sold for A$2,500
Health Beverages, / (Horseshoe shape) / When Empty Return to / (wing-ding) / Sharpe Bros / Australia / & / New Zealand // Caution. / Persons Detaining, / Misappropriating or trading / with this jar are liable / to be prosecuted. // Patented / No. 17627. Impressed on shoulder: R. Fowler / Sydney / T. Stopper: Australia / and / Sharpe Bros / New / Zealand. Demijohn Printed Internal Thread. Tap to front. All White. Black Print. One Gallon. 338 mm without stopper. 1900s
Excellent. A beauty and pretty rare in this all white style with a tap. Mark on the front top is a shallow glaze chip of 7 x 5 mm. Some wear on the neck from the handle. Shoulder and body are good with just light scuffs and wear. 15 x 5 mm chip inside the tap hole (where the handle is) partially hidden by the cork. The cork looks like it is a replacement of the original but the metal tap handle is the correct type. A few manufacturing marks around such as small firing cracks and the like. All in all a great example of a rare variation. Grade: 8.5 Estimate: $300 - 400
