Sold for A$120
H. G. Collison's / Ant Exterminator / Patented 8-5-05 // (Graduation marks) // - // - //. No base mark. Poison Ant Eradicator Applied top. Square section. Aqua. 7 oz. 174 mm. 1900s
Very Good. Little flake to outer lip. 5 x 2 mm impact flake to one corner edge half way down. Surface line near side base. Some light inner haze. The odd scratch to be found. H G Collinson from Stewart's Brook, a tiny town out from Muswellbrook, was listed in an article as having applied for this ant exterminator patent in The Sydney Morning Herald on Monday 22 May 1905. This is an extremely rare and siginicant bottle! Grade: 7.6 Estimate: $50 - 75
