Sold for A$160
Hogbens Patent // Melbourne // (Around Base) Lumb & Co Makers // Castleford. Smooth base. (Victoria & New South Wales). Aerated Water. Patent. Stick Bottle. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz 232 mm. 1870s
Very Good. (7.2). Polished. Some burst bubbles and a bit of pitting over the surface. Generally solid with nice embossing. Nibbles around the base edge. Curved fracture in the surface of a large bubble to the lower front left. A small partially burst bubble near the embossing of Melbourne. Quite a scarce one. More often found in Sydney where Hogben moved to start the firm Barrett & Co shortly after patenting the bottle under either his own or with Barretts name in various Australian colonies. Estimate: $150-250
