Sold for A$270
Hitchens / Blood Restorer / L. D. Nathan & Co / Auckland.N.Z / Sole Agents. Deep kick up to centre of base. Medicine Cure Fat cylinder. Applied top. Cobalt Blue. Pint approximately. 194 mm. 1880s
Excellent. On the front shoulder is a 5 x 2 mm shallow mark that looks like an open bubble that is scratched around the edge. There is a little scuffed area just to the left of this as well. Some slight haze inside. The C of Auckland has a 3 x 2 mm mark to the top part of it. Little impact mark to rear base edge. Scratch down left side of bottle near seam line. A few other scratches scattered around. Wonderful colour with a very crude neck and applied top. Quite a scarce and attractive cure bottle from New Zealand. Grade: 8.5 Estimate: $300 - 350
