Antique Eclipse Aerated Water Bottle

Ice Manufacturing Co, Kalgoorlie – c.1905–1915
Western Australia

Early Western Australian goldfields aerated water bottle embossed:

Eclipse Aerated Water
Registered Trade Mark
(Royal Eagle)
Ice Manufacturing Co
Kalgoorlie
M.G.B. Co

Manufactured by Melbourne Glass Bottle Co for the Kalgoorlie-based Ice Manufacturing Co during the height of the WA goldfields boom.

Classic torpedo-style form in aqua glass with internal chamber.

Height approx. 25cm.

A scarce piece of Western Australian regional history.

Condition:

Good overall with notable wear consistent with age and use.

• 15 x 17mm reasonably flat chip to outer rear lip

• 5 x 3mm sliver to lower front lip with minor surface fracture

• Small fracture to front neck groove impact

• Small surface fracture to left end of chamber

• Inclusion with associated star fracture to rear neck groove

• Burst bubble to mid rear

• Rust staining, general staining

• Fisheyes, impact marks, scuffs and scratches

• Crate wear to embossing

No full-length cracks.

Condition is display-grade rather than collector mint.