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181. BINNINGTON
& CO HULL GINGER BEER BOTTLE. 7ins tall to top of screw stopper, std, t.t.. Large factory pict. along with medals above. One of the all time classic English standard shape ginger beers, and very rarely does one come on to the open market. Three minute
pin head flakes at the bottom, otherwise exc/ A1. 9.5/10. NR. £300-400+
184. SKEY & CO SAMPLE GINGER BEER BOTTLE. 6.5ins tall, std, all over speckled mid brown glaze, blob cork lip. Transfer reads MANUFACTURED BY/ GEORGE SKEY & CO/ LIMITED/ WILNECOTE WORKS/ NEAR/ TAMWORTH. Skey p.m. Minor shoulder flakes otherwise very
View of the Wilnecote works in 1934.
good. Never seen another. 8.8/10. NR. £120-150+
182. C TOMKINS & CO CANTERBURY GINGER BEER BOTTLE. 7.3ins tall, std, t.t., screw blob lip. Large pict. of rearing horse. Tiny inner lip flake, couple of pin head shoulder nicks. Price Bristol p.m. An extremely rare Kent offering. 9/10. NR. £80-120+
185. WALLINGFORD BREWERY LIMITED GALTEE MORE PATENT GINGER BEER BOTTLE. 6.8ins tall. Std, all tan, cork blob lip with patented hole in side. Very bold black transfer with shield like outer border, below GALTEE MORE
PATENT No 6223. A scarce patented Oxfordshire g.b. In manufacture pin head firing flaw to rear, otherwise exc/A1. 9,5/10. NR. £30-40+
183. CREWE MINERAL WATER CO LD GINGER BEER BOTTLE. 7ins
tall, all tan (browny tan hue), std, cork blob lip. Pict. of steam train & tender. Quite different to the usual example of this Cheshire town stonie - a different pottery maker & an unusual glaze colour. Having lived and dug in this area, from my early years of collecting, I never came across one quite like this? No pottery mark, quite crude. Some rust to rear - easily cleanable? NR. £20-30+
186. MORRISTON & ABERDARE GINGER BEER BOTTLE. 8.2ins tall. Ch., t.t. - top half deep blue, blob screw top. Very busy, sharply printed, transfer - with the adage below the bubbling glass of pop LIKE GRAND MOTHER/ USED TO MAKE/ BUT BETTER. Often these have slightly flawed transfers - this is an absolutely fabulous example, an all time South Walian classic pictorial. 9.5/10. NR. £120-150+