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Ye Olde Englishe / Ginger Beer / (Horseshoe - Moonee Valley Co) / Tel 1899 / (Horse & Jockey jumping a hurdle. Trade Mark / North Fitzroy. Impressed: The Bendigo Pottery / Epsom / Bendigo / Coy Ltd. (Victoria). Ginger Beer. Cork Stoppered. Champagne. Tan top. Black Print. 10 oz. 215 mm. 1890s
Very Good. (7.3). Shallow chip down the left lip of 8 x 5 mm. This then extends into glaze chipping and wear of about 15 x 3 mm around the left lip and at the end of this is a 7 x 3 mm chip on top of the back left lip. The rest of the lip from here around to the front has shallower glaze wear and fleabites with a 3 x 2 mm flake right on the front lip. The left and back left of the body has a series of dark scrapes and scratches, some parts of this just into the glaze but should clean up well. Some rust stain and the like around as well. The print is remarkably clear for these earlier Bendigo pottery made Ginger beers. Very rare bottle in nice solid condition. This is one of Melbourne's rarest and most desirable Ginger Beer bottles. Estimate: $2000-4000
