Sold for A$150
1. This bottle is the property of / the / N. S. W. Bottle Company / Limited / 1918 / Made in Australia. No base mark. 2. Maitland Beer / (Bull) / Sydney. Base: Triangle with a line across it in a small punt. 3. Tooheys' Beer / (Stag or Seated Deer) / Sydney. Owens ejection ring and small figure to base. 4. Tooths Beer / (Rearing Horse) / Sydney. Small punt to base. (New South Wales) (late Ern Taylor Collection). Beer. Crown Seal. Various 308, 306, 295 & 302 mm. 1910s - 1920s
N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. Stained inside. Some scuffs and wear. Great looking colour. 2. VG. Dull top. Stain in the neck. Scratches down the mid to right front and general marks elsewhere. A couple of shallow burst bubbles to the mid front. A lot of wear and a couple of impact marks under the base. Good strong embossing. 3. VG. Scruffy surface with wear and scratches. An early and crude type of machine made bottle for Australia. Good solid example. 4. VG. But a bit scruffy. Wear marks and scratches all around. 13 x 4 mm chip over the top of the right lip. Small impact mark under the back base edge. Some pitting and the like around. Stained inside. The embossing is quite crude and a bit haphazard on this one, not well lined up at all. Solid bottle. (late Ern Taylor Collection) Estimate: $50-100
