Sold for A$270
Downer & Co / Adelaide / and Port // This bottle is the / property of Downer & Co / and cannot be bought / sold or exchanged / nor can it be filled / by any other maker / without infringing / the Trade Mark Act / (Around base) Cannington Shaw & Co Ld Makers St Helens. Base: 1605. (South Australia). Aerated Water. Codd. Niagara type. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 221 mm. 1890s
Good. (6). Polished. Remains of some fisheyes, pitted scratches and so forth to be found. Right rear shoulder has a burst bubble which is 24 x 6 mm in total, but the burst part is smaller. I think this has been filled as there is a little yellowing in places? Embossing looks a little rounded from the polish job. Some surface crazing and a few annealing fractures below the applied top. Horizontal line along the lower right rear lip along the join looks like a fracture as well, probably also an annealing mark from making. Rare bottle, the first we have sold in the large size. Estimate: $100-150
