Sold for A$47
Pair of Pictorial Aerated Waters: 1. Emil Resch / Trade / Lion Brewery / (Rampant Lion with Barrel) / Mark / Broken Hill // This Bottle / Cannot be Sold or / Used by Any / Other Person. Base: M. (New South Wales) 2. C. Johnson / Trade / (Phoenix) / Mark / Port Elizabeth // Phoenix Works / Frederick St / Hope & Co Ltd / Wincobank / Sheffield. Base Mark: C. J. (South Africa) Aerated Water Various 1. Applied top, tooled finish. Aqua. 13 oz. 2. Applied top. Two way pour "Niagara" style patent with four tear drops. Aqua. 13 oz. 231 & 225 mm. 1890s-1910s
1. Very Good. Possibly oiled internally. Small flake to outer right lip. Tiny impact surface flake to rear shoulder. Pitted scratch near rear base edge. Some scratches and the odd small scuff mark to the body. Embossing is really good in general, there are some nibbles and little flakes to the word Emil. Short deep scratch to mid rear body. Quite a nice example and a lovely colour. 2. Very Good. Oiled internally. Impact to left base heel has a 10 x 4 mm flake. Stained throughout. Some impacts and fisheyes around the base edge. Tiny nick or two to lip edge. Some spots of wear. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. Some fisheyes. Very heavy embossing, the top of the RT of Port has some heavy wear. Just some lighter wear to the rest of the embossing. A nice looking, early codd bottle. Grade: N/A Estimate: $30 - 50
