Page 53 - Sunday 21 March Auction

295. DAFFY’S ELIXIR BOTTLE. 4.75ins tall.
Delightful dark aqua glass, blob lip, cross hinged base pontil, rectangular with embossed facetted edges. TRUE/ DAFFY’S/ ELIXIR heavily embossed across the front panel with all the usual additional lines to the rear
and all corners. A few tiny (in-manufacture?) burst air bubbles. A superb example
of this all time early UK medicine classic. See easylive extra photographs. (9/10) NR £300-400+
296. PRICES PATENT CANDLE CO BOTTLE. 7.5ins tall, to top of original stopper - in itself rare. Cobalt blue glass. Classic wedge shape medicine type heavily embossed across the front PRICES/ PATENT/ CANDLE/ COMPANY/ LIMITED, prominent diamond registry mark to bottom. Superb base pontil. Crude inmanufacture inner lip line. Superb early example and as good as they ever get. Exc/ A1. (9.9/10) NR £300-400+
297. BATHEASTON BLUE & WHITE PUB JUG. 4.5ins tall.
Blue transfer featuring farming scene, black
transfer reads E. VEZEY/ LAMB INN/
BATHEASTON. Rear handle with pouring spout.
Minor rim hairline plus tiny pouring spout flake.
An extremely fine
and rare early 1800’s survivor, not often such come onto the open
market?. (9.5/10) NR £120-150+