Sold for A$110
1. Made / From / Pure / Carbonic / Gas / Bottle Made In / England For // Eckersley & Sons / Melbourne. No Base Mark. Label for Meurant, Yackandandah, Soda Water. (Victoria) 2. P. G. Dixon & Co / Trade (Lion) Mark / Registered / Melbourne. Base Mark: M. (Victoria) 3. The Westralian / Trade (I.C. within a Heart) Mark / Aerated Water / Manufacturer / I. J. K. Cohn. Base mark: M. (Western Australia). Aerated Water. Codd. Applied top. Two way pour Niagara style patent with four tear drops. Aqua. 6 oz. 210, 190 & 194 mm. 1890s - 1910s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Very Good. Shallow flake to left lip. Couple of other small nibbled marks to lip. A bit of grime should clean off. Little surface bubble or two. Some scuffs and scratches, nothing major at all. Little nick to heel. A few small nibbles marks to the embossing. The label is original, Meurant whacked his label on a wide range of bottles back in the day, he never actually had his own embossed bottles! These labels pop up regularly since the factory was accessed many years ago and the bottles distributed amongst collectors. 2. Hazy throughout. Oiled internally. Large 27 x 22 mm deep bruise to rear lower body, just over the base edge. Scuffs and scratches, there are a few little pitted scratches. Some little fisheyes and impact marks. Some nibbled marks to the embossing. 3. Stained throughout. Oiled internally. Deeply and heavily pitted wear around the front neck groove and some to the front chamber and lip as well, quite odd really. Some fisheyes and impact marks scattered around. Some scratches and scuff marks as well. Some nibbled mark across some of the embossing as well.. Estimate: $50-75
