A Dozen Milks! 2 x Oakes; 2 x Rosehill; Ireland; Metropolitan; Glenbrook; Dobeli; Larcher; Maidment; MBR; Plain. (Victoria)

Sold for A$110

1. Milk / For Health / Oakes' / Milk / Pure Rich Safe // This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / A. Oakes & Sons / Pty. Ltd. / Richmond / One Imperial Pint / Dependable Dairymen / For Fifty Years. Base: 28. 2. For Health / Oakes' / Milk / Pure Rich Safe. Base: M78 / M / AGM. 3. Rosehill Dairy / Canterbury // Milk / This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / One Imperial Pint / The property of C. O. Towt. Base Mark: 228. 4. Rosehill Dairy / Canterbury // This bottle contains milk / bottled for sale by C. O. Towt / & always remains his property / It is loaned / & cannot be legally used by others / One Imperial Pint. Base Mark: 228. 5. W. J. Ireland / Nursery / Milk / Sunnyside Dairy // This bottle contains milk / bottled for sale by / W. J. Ireland / & always remains his property / It is Loaned & Cannot Be / Legally Used By Others / One Imperial Pint. Base mark: 29. 6. This bottle contains / Milk / Bottled for sale by / Metropolitan Dairy Farmers Ltd. / Melbourne / Bottle is the property of the above / it is loaned and cannot be legally / used by others // (printed) PURA / Dairy / Box Hill / (embossed) One Imperial Pint. Base: 120. 7. This bottle contains / Milk / bottled for sale by / The Glenbrook Dairy / From / Our Own / Farm / 51 Decarle St Moreland / Bottle is the property of the above / It is loaned and cannot be legally / used by others // One Imperial Pint. Base Mark: 174. 8. Milk / The property / of / M. Dobeli / Hambleton / Dairy / Albert Park / One Imperial Pint // This bottle cannot be legally / used or sold by others / Please Wash & Return. Base Mark: 47. 9. This bottle contains milk / bottled for sale by / H. Larcher & Son / (Fitzroy) Pty. Ltd. / & always remains their property / It is loaned / & cannot legally be used by others / One Imperial Pint // Pasteurised Milk. Base Mark: 14. 10. This bottle is the / property of / E. Maidment / 193 / Balaclava Road / Caulfield // Milk / This bottle cannot / be legally used / or sold by others / Please wash & return / One Imperial Pint. Base Mark: 19. 11. (Straight lines down neck) / Milk / This bottle is the property of / Milk Bottles / Recovery Ltd. / 18 Market St Melbourne / it can only be used by written permission / and cannot be sold // Imperial Half Pint. Base: X. 12. Contents / 8 ozs. Base Mark: (Modern AGM Monogram) / G794 / M. (Victoria). Household. Dairy. Various Various. 1930s+

N/A. (N/A). 1. Good. Stained. 10 mm wide angled crack to upper rear body. Some surface rust. A few small spots of deep wear. Some scuffs and scratches. 2. Very Good. Stained. A few deep scuffed scratches to upper right and rear. Another to lower left. A few other smaller similar marks. Some other scratches and scuffs to be found. Not one you see often with this heavy embossing on one side only and the early base mark predating the dairy numbers. 3. Fair. Small flake to front left lip. 10 x 7 mm bruise to right lip. 18 mm wide crack to mid right. Fine bruise to upper rear. Bruise to front base edge. Some grime. Hazy. Scuffs and scratches. Early variety. 4. Very Good. Hazy. Some little fisheyes and impact marks. Some scuffs and scratches. 5. Very Good. Some haze. A few fisheyes. Little surface bubble or two. Some scratches and the odd scuff mark. 6. Good. 14 x 5 mm flake to upper lip. Some other nibbled impact flakes and fisheyes around the lip. Fisheyes and impact marks scattered around. Some inner dirt and fine haze. Print is heavily worn in places. Some scratches and scuffs. Wear and nibbles to the embossing. Burst bubble to outer ringt of the embossing. 7. Very Good. Small flake to lip. Couple of other nicks to lip as well. Some light inner haze and dirt. Some scuffs and scratches to be found. Couple of discoloured scuffs as well. 8. Very Good. Some haze in places. A few spots of rust. Pited scratch to rear and a couple of larger fisheyes next to this. Some other fisheyes and scratches to be found. Pitted scratch to left base edge. The early variation which you don't see often. 9. Very Good. Discoloured, scuffed scratch down the front. Other scuffed scratches scattered around which are not discoloured. Some light haze. Some little fisheyes and impact marks. 10. Good. Hazy. 10 x 10 mm bruise at the top of the front embossing. Slightly smaller bruise near front base edge. Little bruise at front base edge as well. Short fracture to lower left. Some scuffs and scratches. 11. Good. Upper front left lip is chipped with a bruise and fracture over about 14 x 8 mm. Some dirt. Some scratches and scuffs. 12. Very Good. Fisheye to upper lip. Some dirt and light haze. Some scratches and nicks. . Estimate: $70-120

A Dozen Milks! 2 x Oakes; 2 x Rosehill; Ireland; Metropolitan; Glenbrook; Dobeli; Larcher; Maidment; MBR; Plain. (Victoria)

Lot 266: A Dozen Milks! 2 x Oakes; 2 x Rosehill; Ireland; Metropolitan; Glenbrook; Dobeli; Larcher; Maidment; MBR; Plain. (Victoria)

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