Sold for A$50
1. & 2. Both Impressed: Cawsey Menck & Co / "Quinol" / King of Tonics / Melbourne & Sydney // This bottle / is the property of / Cawsey Menck & Co. (Victoria & New South Wales) 3. Tall tonic type stoneware bottle. Blue top. No markings. 4. v Hoytema & Co. Star shape to base. 5. Gin. Plain Pigsnout black glass.. Spirits. Various. 1. & 2. Tall stoneware cylinders. Tan glazes. 26 oz. 3. Tall handled stoneware cylinder. Blue Top. 15 oz. 4. Dutch Case Gin. Applied flat top. Black. Quart. 5. Dutch Case Gin. Applied flat top. Black. Quart. 270, 275, 214, 260 & 270 mm. 1850s - 1920s
N/A. (N/A). 1. & 2. Both look ok but also both have had their handles broken off. One has even had the stumps of the hndle smoothed down, a fair chance this was for use at the time by another merchant. One has a little chip on the back lip. Some rust stain to the other. General marks. Quite good looking items. 3. EXC. Three kiln kisses to the shoulder with the two to the front right having taken deep chunks out of the pottery. Some stain in the white part. Really nice rich blue glaze. Shame it doesn't have a big stamp on it but quite an interesting piece anyway. 4. VG. Dull patches. Scratches. Dirty inside. Nice embossing. 5. Good. Dirty. Dull patches. Scuffs and scratches all around. Some deeper ones. Nice crude, early bottle.. Estimate: $50-100
