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Luff Bros // - // Cordial // - //. Base Mark: M. (Adelaide, South Australia). Household. Cordial. Applied top, tooled finish. Fancy neck and shoulder design. Square body. Amethyst. 26 oz. 289 mm. 1910s
Very Good. (7). Polished. Little nibbled impact to bottom of collar below lip, this has been smoothed over. Tiny surface bruise to upper right panel. A little lower towards the cordial panel is a shallow bruise of about 5 x 5 mm. Down near the base on this same panel is a larger bruise of about 8 x 7 mm with a small bruise immediately next to it. Remains of some fine surface etching internally. Tiny nick to right base edge. There are some pitted scratches still to be found. Tiny nick to heel. Some little fisheyes and impact marks to be found. Small patch of wear to side base edge. Little nibbled impact below one of the Fs of Luff. An extremely rare cordial bottle. Great natural sun coloured amethyst as well. Luff Bros sold their Jeparit and Nhill business in 1911 to W. H. Petrie prior to moving to Adelaide where they had this cordial made. Estimate: $1000-1500
