Sold for A$140
Print: For / Smoother / Creamier / Custard / Use / Harper's / Custard / Powder / Harper's / Harper's Custard Powder. Embossed: 5/24 Milk 1 // One Pint / This bottle belongs to // Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd // and cannot be used with // out written permission. Base Mark: M / 1. (Victoria). Household. Dairy. Foil top. Seam through lip. Clear. Blue Print. Pint. 204 mm. 1950s
Very Good. (7.1). From the large company of Robert Harper and Co, a very interesting advertising milk. Small flake to front lip, small bruise to upper right lip and one or two other impact marks. Some inner stain. A bit of crate wear to lower embossing. Scuffs and scratches throughout, heaviest around shoulder. Some impact marks and fisheyes. A bit of grime in patches to the external surface. The print on the custard powder box is a bit flaked in places. A little blotchy in colour with dark and light blue interspersed, probably patches of fading to the print. Void filler packing peanuts inside for display. (Same bottle as sold in Auction 24, Lot 584). Estimate: $40-80
