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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial History
• Sale Date:
  28 Jun 2016
• Lot #:
  541
• Lot Description:
  A rare Bendigo pottery Middleton’s Excelsior water filter, circa 1883
  the caneware lid reconstructed by Ken McLean from shards found from excavation at the pottery site in Bendigo
  56cm high
• References:
  see “Bendgio Pottery” by Paul A.Scholes [Lowden Publishing Co., 1079], page 179
• Notes:
  The Bendigo Pottery was established in 1858 by George Duncan Guthrie at what became known as Potters Flat Epsom and is one of the oldest surviving potteries in Australia. Around 1864 it was relocated to its present site at Epsom. The Bendigo Pottery still operates today, both as a working pottery and a tourist attraction. A. G. (E. D.) Middleton’s was the Melbourne agent for the Bendigo Pottery at the time.
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Ceramics & Porcelain

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