Sold for A$1,550
Bathgate & Co / Calcutta. // Belper & Denby Potteries, Derbyshire / Vitreous Stone Bottles &c / J. Bourne, / Patentee. / Warranted not to Absorb. (India) . Aerated Water. Torpedo. Stoneware Hamilton. Impressed. Salt Glaze. 8 oz. 194 mm. 1840s
Very Good. (7.5). Some very fine glaze wear around the upper lip. A bit of wear to base point, there is a smallish deep scratch or flake here as well. Some wear around the wide part of the body. Some scratches. A few tiny pinprick marks around the body from making. A great example of a superb bottle, everyone wants a stoneware torpedo bottle! We have only ever sold one of these before way back in auction 26, but it was somewhat smaller at only 170 mm! Estimate: $750-1000
