Sold for A$4,100
H. E. Reading / Bunbury. W. A // Trade Mark / Rd under the grooves on both shoulders // Patent / Rylands Valve / 4 / Sole Makers / Dan Rylands Ld / Barnsley. (Western Australia) Aerated Water, Codd Valve patent with Reliance Patent grooves, Torpedo Base. Hybrid. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 252 mm 1880s
Very Good (7.3). Polished. Upper lip may have been just ever so slightly polished over. Inner lower right lip where it joins the body curves up towards the front in the form of a heavy fold on the inner surface. This can be felt with your finger easily. This fold goes into the glass appearing as a fracture along the fold, this is a making mark. 13 mm discoloured streak to lower rear lip looks to be a discoloured thin bubble from making as well. Lower rear lip has a discoloured 5 x 3 mm V shaped shallow mark, not sure what this even is! Some light inner chamber haze and some fine dullness internally in the body. Some minor fisheyes and impact marks. Embossing has been well protected during the polish, it remains really good, in fact, considerably better than most. You can still see the RD on the neck on both sides, this is often impossible to see. Embossing is a little rounded, there are a few little nicks here and there. This does have a valve which we have stored separately as there is no rubber to hold it in place. A great example all round, most have fractures in the chamber and have poorer embossing from being more heavily polished. Reserve: $7000. Estimate: $7500-10000.
