Sold for A$15
(Fancy Crown) / Sobranine. Base: W. T. & Co / 1 / U. S. A. (James Forbes, Chemist, Chapel Street, South Yarra, Victoria). Medicine. Chemist. Baltimore Oval. Tool finished top. Clear. 4 oz. 133 mm. 1890s
Very Good. (7.9). Polished. A bit dull inside. Just an odd scratch or two outside. Looks much later than it is but has the W. T. & Co base mark (pre 1901) and in fact James Forbes registered the name Sobranine in August 1895, while the only real run of advertising occurred in Melbourne in 1899. Estimate: $50-100
