Sold for A$100
George Hughes // Melbourne. No makers mark. (Victoria) Aerated Water Torpedo Applied top. Aqua. 13 oz. 225 mm. 1870s
Very Good. Polished. 12 x 5 mm inner lip bruise, 11 x 6 mm inner lip bruise immediately beside this one. Some annealing type splits to inner lip. Remains of some fisheyes and impact marks. One or two scratches remaining. A good polish job, this is quite a hard to get and early Melbourne torpedo bottle. Grade: 7.5 Estimate: $$150.00 - $250.00