Sold for A$75
Three Aerated Water Bottles: 1. P. Quinn / Southern / (Cross) / Hotel. Base mark: FBH. (New South Wales) 2. E. Rowlands / Ballarat / Melbourne / and / Sydney / Alexandria Glass // Bottle Works Sydney. Base Mark: R. (New South Wales, Victoria) 3. Made / From / Pure / Carbonic / Gas. No Base Mark. Aerated Water Various 1. Lamont. Applied top. Aqua. 13 oz. 2. Applied top. Four way pour Dobson style patent with four dimples. Aqua. 6 oz. 3. Dobson or Four way type. Spun finished top. Aqua. 6 oz. 232, 200 & 194 mm. 1890s-1910s
1. Poor. Possibly polished. Crazed throughout. 120 mm horizontal crack to front right. Scattered fisheyes. Hard bottle to get. If you squint extensively from a long distance, this looks half OK. 2. Very Good. Patch or two of inner dirt that should soak out. Small surface flake to left rear body. Scuffed scratch down from this to the rear on the surface. Small flake to lower left near base edge. Nibbled impact towards front near base edge. Right base heel has an impact with a small bruise from it. A few small fisheyes and minor impact marks. May have been lightly oiled internally. A few fine scratches and minor marks. Great embossing has only one or two minor marks. Scarce variety in this Alexandria made variety. 3. Good. Oiled internally. Some inner grime. Tiny nick to outer lip edge. Right rear mid lip has a small nibbled impact. Hazy internally. 5 x 4 mm bruise to lower front just below the embossing. Some scratches and the odd scuff mark. A couple of fisheyes and impact marks. A common bottle? This is the first small one we have sold, we've sold plenty of the big ones! Grade: N/A Estimate: $40 - 60
