Sold for A$130
J. Plummer / Trade / (Thistle) / Mark / South Melbourne. No makers marks. (Victoria) (late Ern Taylor Collection). Aerated Water. Torpedo. Torpedo. Applied blob top. Aqua. 10 oz. 235 mm. 1880s
Good. (6.9). Shallow 4 x 3 mm chip on the front lip with some further nibbles for about 5 mm along from that. Surface is scuffy and worn. 10 mm fracture above the E of Melbourne, looks like it is just in the surface and appears to be around a manufacturing fault or inclusion. Two small partially burst bubbles to the lower back right. The embossing is the strongest I've seen on one of these, quite remarkable really. Good looking bottle, should clean up better. (late Ern Taylor Collection). Estimate: $80-120
