Sold for A$22
John Starkey / (Star & Key) / Trade Mark / Sydney // Patent Safe Groove / 4 / Sole Makers / Dan Rylands Ld / Barnsley. Smooth base. Aerated Water Codd Applied top. Codds original type (single way pour) made using Rylands improved patent safe groove. Aqua. 10 oz. 228 mm. 1880s
Good. Polished. Shallow 6 x 5 mm chip to left side lip. Seam lines are largely gone. This bottle retains extensive pitting and small fisheyes. The embossing is largely rounded, and quite light in places. OK example of quite an early Sydney marble bottle. Grade: 6.4 Estimate: $50 - 75
