Sold for A$80
This is the property of / Australian Mineral Water Works / Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition / (Queen Victoria) / MDCCCLXXXVII / Trade Mark / Registered / S. Albert. Fordsburg // The Niagara Bottle / Barnett & Foster / Makers / London. Base Mark: (Swastika). (South Africa) Aerated Water Codd Applied top. Niagara style patent with four tear drops. Aqua. 13 oz. 226 mm. 1880s
Very Good. Very shallow 3 x 3 mm flake to front lip edge. Some light inner haze and a bit of inner base dirt. Near rear base edge is a deep, pitted and flaked scratch over about 10 x 5 mm. Some fine nibbles to the heel. Some light scuffs and scratches to the rear. A few minor scratches and the likes to the front. A few small fisheyes to be found including one or two marks to the inner chamber. Inclusion to the mid right has no associated damage. Quite a fabulous codd bottle, I have only seen one other sell in Australia some years ago and it sold for a lot of money due to the Australian details. The Adelaide International Exhibition embossed on the bottle was in 1887. Stephano Albert based his Australian Mineral Water Works in Fordsburg, Johannesburg in 1898, it traded for 52 years until 1950 when it was taken over by Coca Cola. Grade: 7.6 Estimate: $300 - 400
