Product Category: Bottles

Embossing: Bollington Hop Beer Coy / Trade / (Airship or Zeppelin) / From / Bollingtons / Mark / Regd / Geelong // Bottle not complete / without stopper / this bottle is / the sole property of / Bollington Hop Beer Co / Geelong. Base: Large A.
Variety: Internal Thread. Champagne shape. Crude tool finished top. Greenish to Bluish Aqua. 26 oz.
Era: 1900s
Height: 270 – 275 mm
Rarity: Very Scarce. Much harder to get than the standard M base mark internal thread. The back and heel embossing is different as well. The A base mark in this case almost certainly stands for the Australian Glass Works in Brunswick who at first leased and then bought the old Moonee Valley Glass Works.
Variations:
bollington013a: Base mark is ABW (Australian Bottle Works.

Embossing: Bollington Hop Beer Coy / Trade / From / Bollington’s (Airship or Zeppelin) / Mark / Regd / Geelong / Not complete without stopper // Sole property of / Bollington Hop Beer Coy / Geelong. Base: M.
Variety: Internal Thread. Champagne shape. Blob top, tooled finish. Aqua. 26 oz.
Era: 1900s-1910s
Height: 262 – 270 mm
Rarity: Common. In its basic Aqua to slightly Blue-Aqua variety these are quite available. But an attractive bottle so still very desirable.
Variations:
bollington012a: Natural smoky-grey colour. Rare.
bollington012b: Sun coloured Amethyst. Extremely Rare! Possibly only one or two known.

Embossing: Bollington Hop Beer Co / Richmond / Registered / B Trade / Mark A1 / G.Bollington / Melbourne & Geelong // Bollington. Smooth base.
Variety: Codd. Dobson or Four way type. Applied top. Dark Aqua. 10 oz.
Era: 1900s
Height: 250 mm
Rarity: Very Rare. Particularly in top condition. Clearly produced at one of the smaller Melbourne glass companies. Cross over bottle when Bollington first branched out from the original Richmond factory to Geelong.

Embossing: Bollington Hop Beer Coy / Trade / Coming From / (Bollington within an Airship) / Mark / Regd / Geelong. No base mark.
Variety: Codd. Applied top. Four way pour Dobson style patent with four dimples. Aqua. 10 oz.
Era: 1900s
Height: 247 mm
Rarity: Rare. Note this is a distinct variation to bollington009. This one has an applied top and does NOT have Lemonade embossed to the back. This type is also very crude – the lettering is much rougher – and appears to have been made by one of the smaller Melbourne glass companies.

Embossing: Bollington Hop Beer Coy / Trade / Coming From / Bollington / (Airship) / Mark / Regd / Geelong // Lemonade. Base Mark: M.
Variety: Applied top, spun finish. Dobson or Four way type. Blue Aqua. 10 oz.
Era: 1900s-1910s
Height: 244 – 249 mm
Rarity: Common. Attractive bottle so still attract a good price but one of the more available Geelong marble bottles. Can be harder to get in top condition and these come in a great range of colours – expect to pay a premium for a top quality amethyst or dark blue-aqua example.
bollington009a – Aqua.
bollington009b – Clear/Yellow tinge.
bollington009c – Amethyst.

Embossing: Bollington Hop Beer Coy / G. Blyth / Geelong. Base: M.
Variety: Codd. Dobson or Four way type. Applied top. Aqua. 26 oz.
Era: 1900s
Height: 274 mm
Rarity: Very Scarce. Like all 26 oz Codds these are popular.

Embossing: Bollington Hop Beer Coy / G. Blyth / Geelong. Base mark: M.
Variety: Codd. Applied top. Four way pour, Dobson style patent. Aqua. 10 oz.
Era: 1900s
Height: 248 mm
Rarity: Very hard to get. Relatively plain bottle but you don’t see this mid size around too often.