Sold for A$140
Registered / Trade Mark / (Crown) / Bilz / Gesetzl (Monogram) gesch / Bilz Depot // Bottle not complete / without stopper. Base Mark: M. Stopper: Bilz Depot. (Victoria) Aerated Water Lightning Stopper Applied top, tooled finish. Amber. 13 oz. 249 mm without stopper. 1900s
Excellent. Crude folds in lip from making. Stopper has original rubber washer seal in place. Surface corrosion to the swing stopper mechanism, this still works perfectly. Some very fine inner haze from contents presumably. A few fine scratches. Most of the marks I can see on this are fingerprints! Shallow flake to the embossed cross at the lower left of it. A prime example, interesting piece. On August 16, 1905, Martina Schreiber of Kew in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, was successful in registering a trademarked device of a cross for the nonalcoholic beverage Bilz. It was registered as No.9254 on behalf of Schreiber and Co., the proprietors of which were Martina Schreiber and George Schreiber who was presumably her husband. Grade: 8.5 Estimate: $50 - 75
