Sold for A$400
Seedsman / & Son / Trade (Crown) Mark / Registered / Maldon // Cannington Shaw & Co Ld / Makers / St Helens England. Base: 5533. (Victoria). Aerated Water. Codd. Dobson or Four way type. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 225 mm. 1900s
Good. (6.1). 10 x 3 mm nibbled section to lower front lip. 7 x 5 mm flake to lower right lip. Little flake to lower rear lip. Some annealing marks to inner neck. 7 x 4 mm nibbled impact flake to right chamber, from this is a bruise/fracture over about 15 x 5 mm. Some wear to inner chamber from the marble. Small patch of rust to upper right. 11 mm deep, pitted scratch to front near base edge. A few little impact flakes around the base edge. A few little impact nicks and flakes to the heel as well. Dull throughout with plenty of wear, fisheyes and impacts. Scuffs and scratches as well. Embossing has crate wear, the strongly embossed Maldon at the bottom has the heaviest nibbled wear across it. Fancy design, much more ornate than the Australian made version, this Cannington Shaw variety is quite rare, the first one we have sold. Estimate: $200-300
