Sold for A$410
Crowder & Letchford / Trade (Lion) Mark / Perth & Fremantle // Reliance Patent / 4 / Sole Makers / Dan Rylands Ld / Barnsley. No Base Mark. (Western Australia). Aerated Water. Codd. Blue lip. Applied top. Reliance Patent with two grooves either side of the top to retain the marble. Aqua. 10 oz. 234 mm. 1880s
Very Good. (7.6). A bit of light inner haze, this has been oiled internally. Small patch of wear to rear chamber, another to upper rear body. Nick to rear chamber. Tiny flake to upper front left, only 2 x 1 mm. Tiny nibbled mark to front base edge. Slightly scuffed mark to lower front. Lower front left has a patch of surface bubbles, one or two are a bit dirty. Very minor 4 x 1 mm sliver to front left near base edge. Some scratches and minor scuffs. These are nearly always heavily polished, to get one in this shiny, unpolished condition is actually quite rare! Estimate: $400-600
