Sold for A$545
Shanks & Sons / (Pair of Chickens) / Gympie // Lamonts / (Hand holding bottle) / Patent / Trade Mark. Around Heel: John Lamont // Maker Glasgow. No base mark. (Queensland) Aerated Water Lamont Applied top. Aqua. 6 oz. 178 mm. 1890s
Very Good. Oiled internally. 6 mm line to inner rear lip is either a scratch or a shallow fine fracture. 3 mm nibbled scratch to right rear body. Little flake to Lamont trade mark. Some reasonably light scratches and scuffs externally. A few fine tiny fisheyes. Tiny nick or two to lip edge. Embossing is a little rounded, this is as per manufacture as this has not been polished. Lovely whittled glass. Cleaning the oil from the inside will leave a very nice example of this classic pictorial lamont. The large one is also in this auction. Grade: 7.7 Estimate: $300 - 400
