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Sold for A$15
1. Label: Blue Ribbon / Tasteless / Castor Oil / Highly Refined / For / Human / Consumption / Bottled By / Sydney Grocery Pty. Ltd. / No 126 Cleveland St / Chippendale / Sydney / N.S.W. Base mark: (Modern AGM Monogram). (New South Wales) 2. Barry's // Tricopherous / For The Skin / And Hair // New York // Directions / In The / Pamphlet. Base mark: 2. 3. Plain jar. Base mark: (Modern AGM Monogram) / (Illegible). Label: Reg. / U.S. Pat. Off / Spruso / Sheen / Keeps your hair spruce / and tidy / Spruso / Company / Sydney / Australia (all in map of Australia). 4. & 5. Pair of penny inks. 6. - 9. Four cobalt bottles: Two round "poisons", a perfume and a Vicks. 10. Label on one side: One Shilling Sample on top of another label that says Compound with another word that is missing. Label on other side: Specimen Case, with possibly another word above? 11. Shear lip rectangle aqua bottle.. Household. Various. Various Various. 1870s - 1950s
N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. Cap is rusty and grimy. Some outer grime as well. Bottle itself is fine. The all important label is missing a sectio at the top, is highly discoloured and stained as well. Has a couple of other missing parts. Most of the writing is legible. Interesting shape for a castor oil. 2. VG. Stained throughout with an etched feel in places. Some scratches and scuffs. 3. VG. Lid is rusty. Some grime. All important label is quite worn, rigfht side is quite poor and scrunched up. We have sold one of these before, but it was quite different. 4. & 5. Some little flakes and nibbles. A bit of discolouration and grime. 6. Excellent. Some grime and inner contents residue staining which should clean out. 7. Very Good. Nice, early flared lip on this one. A bit hazy. Some inner stain. Some fine scratches and minor marks. 8. Very Good. A few lip nicks. A bit nibbled to base edge. Hazy. Nick to body. Some scratches and marks. This would have been a perfume. 9. Very Good. Little lip flake. Flake to base edge. Some inner stain. A few scratches and marks. This held Vicks Va-Tro-Nol for nose and throat. 10.Good. About half to two thirds of the upper lip is chipped off. Inner dirt. The two labels are fragile and quite discoloured with missing parts, including those that identify the actual contents. Possibly some sort of paint? Interesting bottle. 11. VG. Minor sliver or two to the shear lip. Small spot of rust or two. Some grime and remains of some sort of capsule around the lip. A few minor marks. Not sure what this was, but it is very small. Estimate: $15-30
