Sold for A$180
Eaton's Aerated Spring Waters / Trade (Bearded Cat's Head) Mark / Registered / Wagga Wagga // Cannington Shaw & Co Ld / Makers / St Helens England. Base Mark: 3644. (New South Wales) Aerated Water, Codd Niagara. Applied top. Aqua. 6 oz. 200 mm 1890s
Very Good (7.3). Oiled internally. Some fine wear to inner chamber from the marble. Front chamber has some scuffed wear and fine fisheyes. Dull to the rear through some surface wear. A few little fisheyes or impact marks. Small flake to G of registered. Some scuffs and scratches. Nice embossing, just a little bit of wear to some of the letters. Some crude making marks down the left side. A nice example of this very hard to get version, this has the cat with the full beard. Eaton's factory operated from 1881 until 1903, so this is quite an early codd. There are numerous cats' head designs which vary enormously from one mould to another across the range of Eaton's and Headley's bottles. Nice little bottle. (This exact bottle was previously sold in Auction 34, Lot 123). Estimate: $150-200
