Sold for A$460
H. Schlue & Son / Ruth'glen. Stamp on Shoulder: The Bendigo Pottery Coy Ltd / Epsom / Bendigo. (Victoria). Demijohn. Impressed. Stoneware Demijohn. Salt glaze with different glaze to top and body. Lip Impressed. Gallon. 305 mm. 1890s
Good. (6.8). 25 x 14 mm chip to the lip that effects the UE at the end of Schlue. 12 x 8 mm chip to the lip just below the R of Ruth'glen. Bendigo Pottery stamp is the large oval type and is a bit faint on the shoulder. Great looking drippy glaze to the top with long drips down one side. Big indent at the base from making. Nice early type and an unusual one, not listed in the Demijohn book by David Bickford & Ken Arnold. Henry Schlue had well a well known vineyard at Rutherglen in the late 1800s.. Estimate: $200-300
