Lot 381: Cohen Maulmain Torpedo Soda Bottle

Very Good. Maulmain, also known as Moulmain is now known as Mawlamyine, in Myanmar. From Wikipedia, "Mawlamyine was the first capital of British Burma between 1826 and 1852 after the Tanintharyi (Tenassarim) coast, along with Arakan, was ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Yandabo at the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War. After the first Anglo-Burmese war, the British made it their capital between 1826 and 1852, building government offices, churches and a massive prison. They started business enterprises and the country's first newspaper, The Maulmain Chronicle. Between 1826 and 1862, colonial Mawlamyine was the center of British Burma and the first port city that became a strategically important area and a geographical nodal point for the newly occupied British territory in Southeast Asia." This bottle was found in country Victoria! Couple of tiny nibbles to the lip edge and a few fisheyes around the lip. Annealing marks from making to inner neck. Light inner haze. Small surface bubble near front base point. A few dull patches externally. A bit scratched to lower rear, these look to be surface scratches which do not go far into the glass. A couple of short pitted scratches to be found. Some scuffs and scratches around the body and a few fisheyes to be found. This has a plain slug plate to the rear where a label would have been attached. What a fabulous bottle, this is the only Burmese bottle I have ever heard of having been found in Victoria, and such an old one as well! Grade: 7.6 Estimate: $200 - 250