Sold for A$110
Rowlands / late / Rowlands / & Lewis / Ballarat / & / Melbourne // Evan Rowlands / (Shield) / Registered 6 January 1880 / (Miner & Farmer) / (Coat of Arms) / Ballaarat / Trade Mark. Around Base: Made by Melb. Glass Bottle Co. Base: R. (Victoria) Aerated Water Codd Hills or Three way triangle type. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 247 mm. 1890s
Very Good. Lower lip has a nibbled section over about 7 mm. Two W's and an E have some nibbled flakes to them the rest of the embossing is good with only a few spots of wear and little nibbled marks. A few little nicks to be found. A little light inner haze in places. Little surface flake to rear chamber. Some fine scuffs and scratches. A few fine fisheyes. Nice unpolished example of this variation with Ballaarat in the trade mark. Grade: 7.5 Estimate: $100 - 150
