hi lads .greetings from ireland. its from kiely's bottling company there main stores was in donnybrook dublin.they also owned this pub which is still there today. and there distribution store was down the lane beside the pub.
i use to drink in this pub. at the time it belonged to bob kiely .and...
cutting out all the crap,its a compass set ,probley commissioned for somebody who was a mapper of land in that era. heres a more up todate version http://www.staedtler.co.uk/professional_gb.Staedtler?ActiveID=34265 it has not changed much,have nice day
hi brokenshovel .i see your having a great dig ,just a word of note those heads are highly collected in england and around europe were some people make new bodys for them and bring them back to there former glory. i do see them on ebay from time to time. irish digger
the credit for there invention of them goes to a thomas hamilton dublin ireland ,also know as hamies or hamiltons or torpedos, or egg shape,the reason they had round end so the liquid in side would always be touch with the cork ,hence stopping the cork from drying out and keeping liquid in...
bang on ,three piece mold chemist bottle would have cork in it with a label on the side,stating contents ,the price is about right ,if it had embossing on it would be different story all togetter ie start at 500, and heres a picture of my one with label cheers