Albert (Mim)
Tuckwell's collection
M
(Melbourne Glass Bottle Works.)
The trade mark was registered to Foy & Gibson's Department Store, Melbourne, Australia, on July 6, 1899.
Foy & Gibson had department stores in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.
The separate colonies within Australia became a Federated Commonwealth under one flag in 1901, as a result of referendum.
The jar would date around 1908, with the four stars on the flag representing Foy & Gibson's four state chain of department stores.
The couple took up land in Unley, where they established extensive varied produce orchards.
By 1860, they had built a factory on the corner of Unley Road, Parkside, to process Jams, Sauces, Pickles, Tomato Sauce, Chutnee, etc.
The walnut jar would date mid 1860s, and is extremely rare with under 5 known.