Sold for A$20
Crystal / Fountain / Company / Sydney / Bottle Maker // Registered / (CF in a shield) / Trade Mark / J. Ross. Smooth base. Aerated Water Lamont Crude short blobby applied top. Aqua. 6 oz. 182 mm. 1870s-1880s
Fair. Bottle is heavily stained with some etching to the surface. Scratches and scuffs all over. The bottom of the heavy and crude applied top has chipping around half of its circumference. Little fisheyes and marks all over the surface. Wear and flakes around the sharp base edge. Airbubble to rear shoulder has an 11 mm curved fracture to one edge of it. Still OK as a very crude, early Australian made bottle. Grade: 5.7 Estimate: $20 - 30
