Sold for A$45
S (within Flag) / The Howard Smith Line. Base Mark: Dunn Bennett's / Safety Shape / Rd No 399687. (Victoria) Hotelware Shipping Howard Smith Line Shipping China Cup. 70 mm. 1900s
Good. A nice early cup made at the Burslem pottery of Dunn Bennett and Co. Howard Smith was a large intercontinental line that seemed to be based out of Melbourne. 8 x 3 mm chip to inner lip has a 65 mm crack coming from it, in fact it becomes a hairline and travels into the base. Some grime. Wear through glaze around most of the lip. Some fine glaze wear elsewhere. Grade: 6 Estimate: $30 - 40
