Sparklets Collectors Guide code: SCG/PBP-WM
Item name: Sparklet “B” Syphon
Detail: Glass bottle covered in wire mesh with pedestal base.
Markings: Aerators Ltd, Makers, London. ‘Admit gas slowly and shake vigorously’ & ‘IMPORTANT do not fill the bottle above the red line’ on collar.
Base marking: none
Produced: 1908-1919
Height: 290mm
Notes: Capacity 3 glasses. This syphon needed to have the bulb in place during use to stop the gas escaping. It is smaller and much less common than the later taller Standard “D” syphon. Takes bulb size B, code SCG/BUB. Retailed at 2/6 in 1909.
