Sold for A$80
1. Bickford & Sons // Adelaide. Base Mark: OO. (South Australia) 2. Plain turquoise torpedo with chisel lip.. Aerated Water. Various. 1. Maugham. Flat foot. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 2. Applied chisel type flat sided lip. Turquoise. 10 oz. 275 & 223 mm. 1850s - 1890s
N/A. (N/A). 1. Good. Stained throughout. 13 x 4 mm sliver along the upper lip. Below the lip around the neck is a 50 mm fracture! Probably from making, but it is what it is! Small small patches of pitted wear. Small impact flake to front base edge. Little fisheyes and impact marks. Some scuffs and scratches scattered around. Interesting variation, the last one we sold wasmade by Lumb & Co. 2. VG. 6 x 5 mm chip to outer lip edge, immediately beside this is a couple of small flakes. A few other little nibbled spots around the outer and inner lip edge. A nibbled section to seam at base point, this is not deep or major at all. Large bubble near seam on lower body, there is a crescent moon shaped bruise over this at one end of it. Pitted scratch to inner neck. A little dull, this seems to be through a pretty extensive amount of scuffs and scratches around the body. Some surface bubbles amongst the myriad of other bubbles. This is a superb colour that can only be described as turquoise!. Estimate: $60-100
