Sold for A$70
G. Chapple / C / Quirindi // Patent / (Hand Holding Bottle) / Lamonts / Trade Mark. Around base heel: John Lamont // Makers Glasgow. Base Mark: Unusual symbol / 1987. (New South Wales) Aerated Water Lamont Applied top. Aqua. 7 oz. 178 mm. 1880s
Fair. Rear inner lip chipping. There is a sliver to the outer lip to the rear as well. Quite heavily scuffed, scratched and stained. Some of these marks are a little pitted. Under the base a couple of initials have been scratched in to the glass. Hard to read, maybe N N? This was found in Charleville, would have been used by one of the local manufacturers who had a tendency to utilise out of town bottles by scratching initials into them, nearly always lamonts for some reason. Hard bottle to get. Grade: 5.8 Estimate: $100 - 150
