Vintage old Glass Milk Bottles

Sold for A$30

Some small Melbourne milk bottles: 1. The Property / of / Fresh Food / Milk / Ltd / Nth Melbourne / I // Contents / Not less than / 1/2 Pint / This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / Please / Wash & Return. Base Mark: 194. 2. Kennedy & Sons / Roselea / Dairy / Kew / this bottle is the property / and cannot be legally // Milk / Contents / 10 ozs / This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / of Kennedy & Sons Kew / used by others. Base Mark: 3. 3. This bottle contains / Milk / bottled for sale by / G. A. Cutts Pty. Ltd. / Phone J. W. 2895 / Fairfield / Northcote N16 / This bottle remains the property of / G. A. Cutts Pty. Ltd. / it is loaned / and cannot be legally used by others / Contents 8 ozs. Base Mark: 143. 4. This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / The / Property / of / Rowdon's / Williamstown / Please / Wash & Return // Milk / Contents / 10 ozs / Babies Milk / From / Our tuberculin / tested cows. Base Mark: 51. 5. Lady Talbot Milk Supply Co. / (Maltese Cross) / Specially Supervised / Nursery Milk // Milk / Contents / Not less than / 1/2 Pint / This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / This bottle is the property of / The Lady talbot Milk Supply Co. / To be washed & returned. Base Mark: 62. (Victoria) Household Dairy 1. Wide mouth or wad top. Seam through lip. Clear. 1/2 Pint. 2. Wide mouth or wad top. Seam through lip. Clear. 1/2 Pint. 3. Wide mouth or wad top. Seam through lip. Clear. 8 oz. 4. Wide mouth or wad top. Seam through lip. Clear. 1/2 Pint. 5. Wide mouth or wad top. Seam through lip. Clear. 1/2 Pint. 1. 148 mm. 2. 147 mm. 3. 133 mm. 4. 147 mm. 5. 147 mm.. 1930s-1940s

1. Fair. Stained throughout. Nibbled impact flake to front base edge. 7 mm fracture to rear base heel, there is another fracture crossing this running along the base edge over about 20 mm. Scratches and scuff to be found. Not one we have seen before. 2. Very Good. Has a wad in place, the red outer print is too faded to make out the dairy name on it. Some grime. Little flake to front lower lip. Some tiny fisheyes. A thin burst bubble to left side of embossing. Little nibbled flake to lower left. Some scratches and little scuff marks. We have not sold this Roselea Dairy variety before. 3. Near Mint. Some fine dusty grime which will clean off. Barely even a mark, not even any usage wear under the base. This should clean to mint. 4. Very Good. Has a McGuiness, East Geelong wad in place. Some haze throughout. Scuffed scratch or two. Fisheye or two. A few rusty looking patches. A few little impact marks. Some other scratches and minor marks. 5. Very Good. Some hazy stain in places and a bit of surface rust. Little nibbled impact flake or two to upper lip. Couple of impacted fisheyes to rear base edge. Some crate wear to some of the embossing and a flake or two. Some fine scratches and scuff marks. Some little impact marks and fisheyes. Grade: N/A Estimate: $50 - 75

Lot 618: Vintage old Glass Milk Bottles

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