Sold for A$60
1. - 3. Barrett & Co / Trade (Bottle with words Patent Stopper inside) Mark / Sydney / Lumb & Co Makers // Castleford. No base mark. (New South Wales) 4. E. Rowlands / Ballarat / Melbourne / Katoomba / and / Sydney / A. G. M. Co. Base: R. (Victoria & New South Wales) 5. Trade / (B & E / (Stopper) / London) / Mark / Barrett & Elers // London. Base Mark: 1978. (United Kingdom). Aerated Water. Various. Various 1. - 3. 234 mm. 4. 242 mm. 5. 170 mm.. 1870s - 1910s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Good. Heavily stained with a bit of an etched feel. Some nibbles around the base edge. Fisheyes and impact marks scattered around. Plenty of scratches and scuffs as well, including some deep examples. 2. Good. Heavily stained throughout, this has an opalescent appearance in places. 4 x 5 mm chip to front base edge, 9 x 4 mm nibbled flake to base edge near this. Another little nibble or two to base edge. Some fisheyes and impact marks. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. Embossing is quite flat in places, as per manufacture. 3. Good. Heavily stained throughout. A few nibbles to base edge. Some fisheyes and impact marks. Scuffs and scratches all over, including deep examples. Some patches of wear as well. 4. VG. Some inner dirt looks like it will soak out. Some fisheyes, a couple of slightly larger examples to the heel. Some scuffs and scratches, a few are on the deep side. Nibbled impact flake to first A of Ballarat, the impact is about 7 x 3 mm, but this has also caused the A to be mostly chipped off. A little high point wear to some of the other embossing. 5. VG. Plain stopper, this is stuck in place. Stained. Scuffs and scratches. Some little nicks and fisheyes. This is that dark that you cannot see through it, but at the very extremities you can see some purple. This would have been zapped to this colour. Estimate: $30-60
