Sold for A$450
W. Butler / Trade (Eagle) Mark / Bathurst / and / Sydney. No maker mark. (New South Wales) Aerated Water, Torpedo Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 227 mm 1880s
Very Good (7.1). 10 x 4 mm very shallow flake to inner front left lip. 7 mm nibbled spot to upper lip here, to the left of this is a 9 mm flaked section with a flake or two coming down about 2 mm. Upper left lip has a 5 x 2 mm flake. Couple of other little nibbles. Some light inner haze. Pitted scratch to the left lip. Small nibbled surface flake to base point. 16 mm pitted scratch between the LE of Butler. 14 x 5 mm patch of wear to lower front right. Small fisheyes and impact marks to be found. Scuffs and scratches scattered around, generally light but plenty of them with a few deeper examples. Extremely rare bottle, I don't recall one of these having been publicly sold in recent years. Reserve: $1000. Estimate: $1500-2000
