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1. The Adelaide Bottle Co-operative Company / Pickaxe Brand / (Two hands holding a pickaxe) / Trade Mark Regd / Limited // Around the base: The Property of / The Adelaide Bottle Co-operative Society Ltd. Base: A. 2. Country / (M.B / C.V in a spade symbol) / The property of / The manufacturers // bottle co. of Victoria Pty. Ltd. Smooth, slightly indented base. 3. Country / (M.B / C.V in a spade symbol) / The property of / The manufacturers // bottle co. of Victoria Pty. Ltd. Base: AGM Monogram / W / Owens machine rings. 4. (ABA in three barrel shapes) / The property of / Abbotsford Brewery / Victoria. Dot to centre of indented base. Beer Crown Seal 1, 2 & 4. Champagne shape. Spun finished top. Dark green. 26 oz. 3. Champagne shape. Offset seam through lip. Yellowish Green. 26 oz. N/A. 1910s-1920s
1. Excellent. There are some scuffs and scratches to the surface. Internally there is some dullness and light dirt. Lovely heavy embossing with minor wear. Some minor impact marks around the base. Great looking beer bottle. 2. Excellent. Scuffs and scratches to the surface of the bottle. Some heavy scuffs around the base. Strong embossing with some minor flakes and scuffs. Has a dark line in the glass from the trade mark and to the right, this appears like a crack, but is in fact a series of fine bubbles and impurities in the glass from manufacture. Spots of dullness. 3. Very Good. The lip is flaked and slightly chipped off the weird sharp machine finish. Scuff to right side lip, there is a tiny fracture below this. The body of the bottle has some scratches, scuffs and little surface impact type marks. Still has dirt internally. Nice swirls through the glass and mould marks. Crude machine made type. 4. Very Good. 10 x 4 mm chip to the front left lip. Surface is scratched and scuffed with some small pit marks and fisheyes here and there. Nice heavy embossing with some little flakes and wear. Surface of the glass is also nicely whittled and early looking. Grade: N/A Estimate: $15 - 25
