Sold for A$55
1. (Prince of Wales Feathers) / Fleet's / Lemonade / Double Soda / 4 // & Mineral Waters / to H.R.H. / The Prince of Wales / Camberwell. 2. A. J. Wintle & Sons / Bill Mills / Nr Ross. No base mark. 3. H. Richards / Chemist / Warminster. No makers mark. 4. Heath & Smith's / Unparalleled / Soda Water // Wood Street / Doncaster. No makers mark. 5. J. Edwards & Co / Trade / (JE&Co monogram) / Mark / Llandindrod Wells. No makers mark. (United Kingdom). Aerated Water. Torpedo. Torpedo. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 240, 238, 232, 228 & 238 mm. 1870s - 1890s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Very Good. Little flake to upper lip. Some annealing marks to inner lip. Burst bubble on the A of Lemonade. Impact to M of Mineral. Some patchy inner haze. Some scratches and little scuff marks. Nice looking bottle with all the different types of font on it. 2. Excellent. Minor spot of wear to base point. Some scratching to lower inner neck. Some scratches. Looks to have been lacquered at some stage. 3. Very Good. Some fine dirt and possible light inner haze. couple of deep scuffed marks to outer right lip. Below the H is a nibbled surface impact flake. Couple of small surface flakes to be found. Some little spots of deep scuffed wear scattered around and some short scuffed scratches. A few fisheyes and impact marks. 4. Very Good. Some inner haze looks a little like water stain, this may soak out? Some scratches to inner neck. Outer lip has some scratches and scuffs. Upper body across both sides of the seam there are some patches of deep pitted wear over about 15 x 5 mm and a couple of other under 10 mm are more like pitted scratches. Mid body on the address side has a patch of deep wear as well. There are a couple of other pitted scratches as well. Some fine scratches and scuff marks elsewhere. A few impacts and fisheyes. The mould has clearly been changed, there was something else where Heath & Smith's now is. Embossing is flat in places, this is from making. 5. Excellent. Inclusion with really fine short fracture to mid rear. Odd line around lower neck is the way this was made. Some thin surface streaks of green from making. One or two spots of wear to the embossing. Some minor scratches and marks. Nice looking bottle, may have had a thin coating of something applied.. Estimate: $80-120
