Sold for A$1,700
Evan Rowlands / Registered 6 Jan 1880 / (Miner and Farmer) / Trade Mark // Rowlands / Late / Rowlands & Lewis / Ballarat / & / Melbourne. No Base Mark. Aerated Water Cork Stoppered Applied top. Deep Amber. 10 oz. 164 mm. 1880s
Very Good. Polished. 25 mm scratch to rear neck and shoulder. 7 x 6 mm flake next to the word Late, there is a making mark near this, so may be from making. Couple of open bubbles. Remains of some fine etching. Very well embossed, a superb example of a rare bottle. This is one of the better examples that we have seen. Grade: 7.5 Estimate: $2000 - 2500