Sold for A$2,000
T. Wardley / and son / Talbot. No makers mark. (Victoria). Aerated Water. Torpedo. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 239 mm. 1880s
Very Good. (7.5). Some making folds around the lip, maybe a small nibbled mark or two amongst this and a very small surface flake or two. Some annealing marks to inner lip from making. Couple of patches of fine inner dirt will clean out. About a 15 mm scratch to outer blob top. 30 mm scuffed area to lower front left neck, this is not deep. Scratch to front right neck. 25 mm slightly discoloured scuffed scratch under the T. 33 x 7 mm patch of deep scuffed scratches near the right seam at the front. B of Talbot has a nibbled impact flake, next to this is a scuffed scratch over about 14 mm. Nibbled impact flake to the O next to this, little nibbled mark above this. To the right of the O is another scuffed scratch over about 25 x 3 mm. Scratching near the inner base point. Some other scuffs and scratches to be found. A few fine fisheyes and impact marks. An extremely rare country Victorian bottle, the first we have sold. Estimate: $750-1000