Sold for A$45
1. To H M / Hooper / Struve & / Compy Ltd // The King / London / and / Brighton. 2. Austin Craven / Limited / Brooks's Bar / Manchester // A. Craven Ltd / Estbd 1842 / (Brittania) / Trade Mark / Registered / Brooks's Bar. 3. J. Schweppe & Co / // Ld (in script). 4. Schweppes. No makers mark. 5. Wovenden / Sale // Wovenden / Springfield Aerated Water Works / (WS monogram) / Chemist / Sale / Sale. (United Kingdom) Aerated Water, Torpedo 1. Maugham. Machine made. Aqua. 6 oz. 2. - 5. Torpedo. Applied top. Aqua. 6 oz. 175, 180, 175, 183 & 173 mm 1880s - 1920s
N/A (N/A). 1. Very Good. 7 x 7 mm flake to lip edge. Stained throughout, this has a slightly etched feel in places. Some pitted scratches. Some fisheyes and impact marks. Some other scuffs and scratches. Unusually has a seam through the lip, so not as old as it first appears. 2. Excellent. Pitted scratch to inner lip, some fine scratches as well. Couple of patches of inner dirt should clean out. Some lightly pitted scratches and little scuffs around the wide part of the body. Just a few other minor marks here and there. Lovely looking little bottle. 3. Good. Deep pitted scratch to rear upper body. Fine star fracture to front neck. Some fisheyes. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. A bit of wear to the embossing. 4. Very Good. Some patchy stain. Surface bubble to front right. Some scratches. A few fisheyes here and there. 5. Very Good. Stained throughout. Couple of dark making split type marks to inner lip. Fisheyes and impact marks. Scuffs and scratches scattered around. A little wear to some of the embossing. Writing only side has flat embossing from manufacture. Very interesting on the trade mark side with little torpedo bottles in between every one of the outer letters! Estimate: $60-80
