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Sold for A$35
1. The property / of / John Wills & Sons / Brooklyn / Dairy / Phone Fcy. 1093 / West Footscray / Contents Not Less Than One Pint // Please / Wash & Return / Empty Bottle. Base Mark: 227. 2. Morris / Bros. / Union Dairy / Pty. Ltd. / Albert Park // One Imperial Pint. Base: 37. 3. This bottle contains / Milk / Bottled for sale by / C. Coughlin & Son / Gladys' / Park / Dairy / Malvern / Bottle is the property of the above / It is loaned and cannot be legally / used by others // One Imperial Pint. Base Mark: 178. 4. This bottle contains / Milk / Bottled for sale by / J. Haberfield / Albury / Bottle is the property of the above / it is loaned & cannot be legally / used by others // One Imperial Pint. Base: 342. (New South Wales). Household. Dairy. Wide mouth or wad top. Seam through lip. Clear. 1 Pint. 205 mm. 1930s+
N/A. (N/A). 1. Poor. Inner wad seat is flaked all the way around. Crack to right lip. Bruises to rear lip. In fact, rather than mention every crack, bruise and chip which will be extremely lengthy, lets just say that this is LOADED with cracks, bruises and a chip or two. This includes large cracks. Hazy as well. Whilst heavily damaged, this early milk is quite a scarce one, it is the first we have sold. 2. VG. Some discoloured haze in places. Flake to outer front lip. Little flake to upper left rear lip as well. Flake to rear heel. Some scratches and scuffs. Some nicks to some of the embossing. Nibbles around the heel. Nice looking bottle with the large block lettering. 3. VG. Flake to upper right rear lip. little flake to outer front left lip. Small bruise to upper rear neck. Quite scuffed around the upper body. Little impact flake to right near base edge. A few fisheyes. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. A bit of wear to some of the embossing and a flake or two. 4. EXC. Some fine inner dirt which will soak out. Short pitted scratch to mid right neck. Some other scratches and scuffs to be found, including a few deeper examples. A few fisheyes and impact marks. A little wear to a few of the letters, but most of them are pretty good. Lovely colour. Estimate: $25-50
