Sold for A$520
W Champion / Hobart Town. (Tasmania) Aerated Water Torpedo Torpedo. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 226 mm. 1860s-1870s
Very Good. Polished. Haze has been removed although it has that slightly dull appearance some polished bottles end up with. Scratches. 3 x 2 mm chip on the lip and a couple of other little fleabites. Really fine angled fracture to right rear lip, associated 4 mm inner lip fracture. Really nice, strong serif embossing, quite different to the version with sans-serif embossing. Has that in between eras small blob top. Lovely bottle. Grade: 7 Estimate: $1000 - 1500
