Sold for A$3,200
T. Stokes / Trade (Swan) Mark / Registered. / Bunbury. No makers mark. No spout. (Western Australia). Aerated Water. Soda Syphon. Applied blob looking top. Clear. Round. 30 oz. 242 mm. 1890s
Very Good. (7.1). Has no spout. 6 x 4 mm fine bruise to left rear lip. Hazy throughout. Little patch of wear and small pitted scratch or two to lip. Fisheye to rear shoulder. A few pitted scratches to left shoulder. 5 x 3 mm patch of wear just above the T at upper front left. Right rear shoulder has a thin 7 mm deep scratch, tiny surface bruise next to this. A few little fisheyes and impact nicks, nothing major amongst these. Couple of tiny nicks to left rear heel. Typical scratches around the body. Great print with the detailed swan - yes this is from Thomas Stokes and that is a swan and not a kangaroo! An extremely rare and early pictorial soda syphon which is highly sought after. This is the first we have sold. Estimate: $1000-1500
