Sold for A$45
Ballin Brothers / Registered / Trade (BB around a Royal Eagle with Arrows) Mark / Christchurch. Base Mark: (KBC Monogram) / 8954. (New Zealand). Aerated Water. Lamont. Lamont. Applied top. Aqua. 10 oz. 233 mm. 1880s
Very Good. (7.4). 6 x 7 mm flake to outer front left lip. 5 x 1 mm sliver to upper left lip. 3 x 3 mm nibbled spot to rear lip. 9 x 3 mm nibbled area to right lip edge. 12 mm pitted scratch to front shoulder. Some fisheyes, one or two larger examples as well such as one to the upper right. Tiny flake to right heel. Little surface bubble or two. Scuffs and scratches scattered around, there are a few deepish scratches. A little inner base dirt will soak out. E of Brothers has a nibbled flake, a bit of wear to some of the other letters and one or two other impact nicks. Whilst we have sold a Ballin Brothers lamont before, it was made by John Lamont and not Kilner Brothers! We have not sold this variation. Estimate: $50-75
