ginger beer bottle? Sydney NSW 2217

[nours82]

hi there!
This bottle was found in sydney, Australia, amongst rocks.
I was told it used to be a ginger beer bottle.
its about 15 cm high and 9 cm in diameter
the stamp doesnt show a date.
If you happen to recognise it, would you please tell me if what I know is right, and when it was made, and if it's worth anything.
thank you very much

 

[IRISH]

Your bottle is indeed a ginger beer, there are quite a few different bottles from Henfrey & Co. It most probably dates 1890'ish give or take 20 years, value is not much in the condition of your one, they are a fairly common ginger. Nice to find ginger beers [], they are a very interesting field in the bottle world.

 

[Carmo]

Keep looking, the Henfrey is not that rare but here are plenty of Sydney Ginger Beers that are.

 

[warith]

my opinion is that Henfrey GBs are one of the nicer sydney stamped GBs, and were this bottle to be in better condition it would likely go for over $100, but in this condition (very water-worn) it's worth any significant amount ($20 if you were lucky).

Henfrey & Co operated between 1879 and 1916; I concurr with Irish that yours is probably ~1890's.