Sold for A$31
Rowlands / late / Rowlands / & Lewis / Ballarat / & / Melbourne // Evan Rowlands / (Shield) / Registered 6 Jan 1880 / (Miner & Farmer) / (Coat of Arms) / Trade Mark. Smooth base. (Victoria) Aerated Water Codd Codd original or one way pour. Deep angled indents at the cross pinch. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 234 mm. 1880s
Good. Polished. Still quite scuffed and pitted. Shallow 11 x 9 mm chip to the lip with a 12 mm fracture behind it. Another 8 x 4 mm bruise in the lip opposite the first mark. Some other fleabites and marks around the lip. Rare variation: No glass makers marks and only has the abbreviation Jan in the registration date. Also the deep cross pinch is more like those used in the Rowlands Patent. A rough one but very unusual. Grade: 6 Estimate: $50 - 70
