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Lot 332: Ruddles Best Bitter Advertising Tray

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Start price: £4

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 16%

Ruddles oval waiter tray with a dark blue ground, reading ‘TRADITIONAL BEER’, ‘RUDDLES BEST BITTER’, and ‘O.G. 1036°-1040°’ in cream and gilt shaded lettering, framed by concentric gilt bands and a gold-tone patterned rim, the reverse finished in plain gold-tone paint. Measuring 16.5 inches across the widest point.


Condition report:

Extensive surface scratching, scuffing, and paint rubbing across the face and raised lip (photo 1). Wear, paint loss, and tarnishing around the gilded border and rim (photo 1, photo 3). A small drilled hanging hole is present at the upper centre edge (photo 1, photo 2). The reverse exhibits general scuffs, scratches, surface spotting, oxidisation, and remnant adhesive residue (photo 2).