Sold for A$1,550
Rowlands & Lewis / Aerated Water / Manufacturers // Sturt Street / Ballaarat. Original label: Rowlands, late Rowlands and Lewis. Warrenheip Mineral Springs (Miner & Farmer logo). Soda Water. Ballarat. Melbourne. (Victoria) Aerated Water, Torpedo Torpedo. Applied top. Aqua. Purple & White label. 10 oz. 230 mm 1870s
Excellent (8.5). A great find. Bottle has a few scuffs and scratches. Also a bit dusty and grimy. Original cork has been pushed inside. Lower part of the bottle is slightly pressed in to one side from making. Label is very early but marginally later than the bottle as it is from after Lewis had left the company. Not really unusual given bottles were returned and reused at the time. A couple of small tears on the label and a bit of stain. An absolute beauty, a very hard to get bottle anyway but the label makes it pretty special. Estimate: $300-500
