HI THERE, I BOUGHT THIS GINGER BEER AT AN ANTIQUES FAIR IN THE UK ,IT READS W CHAMPION ,MELVILLE STREET ,HOBART TOWN ,AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE HAS AN EARLY STEPHEN GREEN POTTERY MARK THAT READS ,STEPHEN GREEN PATENT DOUBLE GLAZED LAMBETH FURTHER RESEARCH HAS TOLD ME IN THE MID 1820sWILLIAM CHAMPION WAS ARRESTED FOR HAVING STOLEN HAT STANDS IN HIS SHOP IN GLOUCESTER ENGLAND ,HE WAS SENT TO NEWZEALAND ON THE ASIA II WHICH LEFT THE DOWNS ON 9 AUGUST 1823 AND TOOK 163 DAYS TO SAIL TO HOBART VIA THE CAPE, EVENTUALY ARRIVING AT HOBART ON THE 19 JANUARY 1824 ,AFTER MANY YEARS SERVED TO HIS MASTER,AND BEING IN CHAINS A FEW TIMES DURING THAT, HE HAD A PUB CALLED THE JOLLY HATTERS INN IN HOBART , HE ALSO TAUGHT BELLRINGING TO THE LOCAL COMUNITY, OTHER THAN THAT I KNOW NOTHING ELSE OF THIS BOTTLE , I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ITS RARITY AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS QUIT DESIRABLE DUE TO ITS TRACABLE HISTORY AS A CONVICT BOTTLE, AS YOU CAN EVEN TRACE WHAT SHIP HE WAS DEPORTED ON AND ALSO BECAUSE IT HAS THE RARE SOUGHT AFTER STEPHEN GREEN POTTERY MARK, TO THIS DAY THE BELLRINGERS OF HOBART HAVE A MEAL FOR HIM EVERY YEAR ,ANY GUESS ON RARITY AND PRICE WOULD BE APRECEATED.