Sold for A$2,510
Evan Rowlands / (Shield) / Registered 6 Jan 1880 / (Miner & Farmer) / (Coat of Arms) / Trade Mark // Rowlands / late / Rowlands & Lewis / Ballarat / & / Melbourne. Smooth base. (Victoria) Aerated Water Cork Stoppered Applied top. Dump shape. Amber. 10 oz. 163 mm. 1880s
Very Good. 3 x 2 mm chip on top of the lip on the non-pictorial side. Around the chip is a 4 x 2 mm bruise to the outer lip and a 12 x 5 mm bruise to the inner lip. Rest of the bottle is great with some surface marks. Some light dullness in patches. Some short annealing marks in the neck. Superb colour and loads of bubbles in the glass. Good strong embossing. A very nice example of this highly desirable bottle. Grade: 7.7 Estimate: $1200 - 1800
