Lot 663: Seven half size torpedo bottles.

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Sold for A$171

1. Very Good. Heavily grimy, this will soak out. 8 x 4 mm bruise to inner lip from a tiny nick. A few pitted scratches. Some little nibbled impact marks. Some fisheyes. Some scratches and little scuff marks as well. A few little annealing marks to inner lip. A bit of wear across the embossing. 2. Very Good. Heavily grimy, this will soak out. Some deep folds around the lip from making. Some haze in places. Deep scuffed scratch near trade mark. Some fisheyes. Some scuffs and scratches. 3. Very Good. Little flake to front lip, there is an associated bruise over about 10 x 4 mm. Some inner lip scratches. Some scuffed scratches down the right side. A few more to the left side. Flake to T of registered. Some other scratches and litte scuff marks. A few tiny fisheyes. 4. Very Good. Stained throughout, has been oiled internally. Some surface rust. Large bubble over E of Launceston is fractured around its edges and a bit milky. A few fisheyes. Some scuffs and scratches. Embossing has some nibbles and high point wear. 5. Very Good. A bit hazy throughout. One or two pitted scratches. A few fine fisheyes. Couple of little pitted nicks near base point. Some wear to base point. Some fine scuffs and scratches. Nice embossing has just a few little nibbled marks. 6. Very Good. Couple of tiny lip nicks. A bit of light haze. Patch of small nibbled marks to trade mark near the neck. A little wear to base point. A few fisheyes. Some fine scuffs and scratches. What a fabulous looking little bottle. 7. Very Good. Stained throughout. 10 x 5 mm bruise to inner right rear lip. Second N of Hopkinson has an impact mark with some fracturing around it over about 9 x 5 mm. Some spots of pitted wear. Some fisheyes and impact marks. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. EST: $100 - 150

1. A. Craven / Limited / Mytton St / Hulme // Registered / (Britannia) / Trade Mark. 2. Church Stretton / Trade (CSAWO Monogram) Mark / Aerated Water Coy. 3. E. Mercer / Registered / Trade (Fancy EM Monogram) Mark / Mill Lane / Blackburn. 4. Geake Bros / Late / J. S. Eyre & Co // Launceston / Estabd 1830. No makers Mark. 5. H. D. Rawlings / Nassau Street // London / (Bird) / Trade Mark / (Trident). 6. Hays / Aerated Waters / Hull // Trade Mark / (Highly ornate scene with a robed lady, a fountain, a pot plant, etc.) / Registered. 7. Hopkinson & Co / Grantham. (United Kingdom) Applied top. Aqua. 6 oz. 192, 182, 182, 196, 194, 186 & 182 mm. 1880s+

Seven half size torpedo bottles.
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