Sold for A$1,400
Bird Cage Salad Oil. Base Mark: (Dot) / 631. (This is from the late Kingsley Durdin collection). Goldfields. Salad Oil. Scalloped thin panels to bulbous lower section and shoulder. Band around middle. Stepped lower neck. Applied top. Aqua. 4 oz. 146 mm. 1850s+
Very Good. (7). Polished. Remains of some fine etching. Nibbled base edge impact has a discoloured bruise from it over about 12 x 4 mm. 3 x 4 mm nibbled impact marks near this to the base edge. A few tiny nicks around the body. Remains of some slightly pitted scratches and some scuffs. Nice looking bottle which is quite rare, the only other one we sold was in Auction 44. This is part of the late Kingsley Durdin collection. Estimate: $1500-2000
