Sold for A$95
1. H. Palling / Heathcote / & / Sheparton (sic - Shepparton). No makers mark. 2. J. Heffernan / Sandhurst / H. (Bendigo, Victoria) 3. Rowlands / Late Rowlands / and Lewis // Ballarat / and / Melbourne. No makers mark. (Victoria). Aerated Water. Torpedo. Torpedos. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 227 - 231 mm. 1870s - 1880s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Poor. Crack starts under left rear lip and goes right down the bottle and across the base point and back up to near the E of Heathcote. From this crack lower down near the base point are two horizontal cracks of about 40 mm. Some inner neck haze. Annealing marks to inner neck from making. Scuffed scratching to lower rear. Some other scratches and scuffs to be found. Extremely rare bottle. 2. Fair. This was found as is with the cork in place with the top sticking out of a creek bank many years ago. Rear lip as a very deep section over 20 x 6 mm off wear. Another similar patch of very deep wear to fron left lip as well. 30 x 10 mm section of deep wear across the base point too. 50 x 15 mm star crack to left rear. Inner dirt. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. A rare bottle. 3. VG. Some making splits to lower inner blob top. Some inner dirt should soak out. A few tiny nibbled spots to upper lip. 5 x 4 mm nibbled impact chip towards the base point. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. Some wear to the wide part of the body. Some fisheyes and impact marks. High point wear to the embossing. Estimate: $80-150
