AUSTRALIAN CENTENARY OF FEDERATION COMMEMORATIVE RED WINE - BOTTLE NO. 16123, 2001OVERVIEW:A SIGNIFICANT COMMEMORATIVE WINE BOTTLE PRODUCED TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION (1901-2001). THIS 1.5L BOTTLE REPRESENTS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION OF AUSTRALIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL MILESTONE, WITH THE LABEL SERVING AS A NARRATIVE RECORD OF THE FEDERATION CEREMONY AND KEY POLITICAL FIGURES OF THE ERA.SPECIFICATIONS:- COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE: CENTENARY OF FEDERATION 1901-2001- BOTTLE NUMBER: 16123- FORMAT: 1.5 LITRE (MAGNUM)- LABEL CONTENT: PRINTED HISTORICAL NARRATIVE DETAILING AUSTRALIA'S FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL, THE COMMONWEALTH PROCLAMATION CEREMONY HELD IN CENTENNIAL PARK, AND EDMUND BARTON'S APPOINTMENT AS PRIME MINISTER. THE LABEL INCLUDES THE AUSTRALIAN COAT OF ARMS RENDERED IN GOLD EMBOSSING.- LABEL DESIGN: CREAM-COLOURED PAPER WITH BLACK PRINTED TEXT AND GOLD EMBOSSED HERALDIC IMAGERY- CLOSURE: ORIGINAL FOIL CAPSULE (SHOWING MINOR OXIDATION CONSISTENT WITH AGE)HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:THIS BOTTLE COMMEMORATES THE CENTENARY OF THE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN COLONIES INTO THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ON 1 JANUARY 1901. THE LABEL TEXT REFERENCES THE CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATION HELD IN CENTENNIAL PARK AND DOCUMENTS THE SWEARING-IN OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY UNDER EDMUND BARTON AS PRIME MINISTER. SUCH COMMEMORATIVE WINES WERE PRODUCED IN LIMITED QUANTITIES TO MARK THIS CONSTITUTIONAL MILESTONE.CONDITION: THE LABEL EXHIBITS AGE-APPROPRIATE WEAR WITH MINOR SURFACE DISCOLOURATION AND CREASING FROM STORAGE. THE GLASS BOTTLE REMAINS INTACT WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS, OR DAMAGE. WINE LEVEL IS STABLE. THE FOIL CAPSULE SHOWS MINOR OXIDATION TYPICAL OF BOTTLES OF THIS AGE. LABEL TEXT REMAINS FULLY LEGIBLE.PROVENANCE: THE SPECIFIC BOTTLE NUMBER (16123) IS DOCUMENTED ON THE LABEL, INDICATING THIS WAS PART OF A NUMBERED COMMEMORATIVE RELEASE. THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE PRINTED ON THE LABEL SERVES AS PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION OF THE FEDERATION CENTENARY COMMEMORATION. Item Size: Height: 40cm, Width: 15cm, Depth: 15cm, Weight: 5Kg Condition: Good 997520+1
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