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Pot Lid:   'BURGOYNE BURBIDGE'

Description:  A fabulously impressive and small (3") Cherry Tooth Paste pot lid from this well documented London supplier featuring a superbly detailed picture of a smiling girl. Great quality print. Beaded border. Very few recorded examples in this smaller size

** One of several superb lids from various significant pot lid collections, all to be spread over successive auctions **

Invaluable help and support has been provided to these pot lid listings by the authors of the fabulous book: 'Historical Guide to Advertising Pot Lids' by Houghton, Layden & Taylor - Thoroughly recommended at just £70 (softback).  


Era:  c1880-90's

Diameter:    74mm

Condition (please see detailed photos):   Excellent   Superb overall condition with just a couple of totally insignificant small old brown flakes on the inside of the back rim (the biggest of which looks like it was caused in-manufacture anyway) and just a little wear also on the inside of the back rim (barely visible and hardly worth mentioning) nothing of course to detract at all on display and is otherwise mint (nb the tiny white mark on the side of her nose is just a reflection on the surface of the glaze where there is a miniscule in-manufacture dip on the surface of the glaze)   


Grade:  9.4      Estimate:  £1200-1500     Reserve: N/R

 

 
38 £ 1,376
 


Pot Lid:     'HIGHLY PERFUMED BEARS GREASE'

Description:  A great 'two bruins' bears grease pot lid featuring a standing black bear (with a companion with its tongue sticking out behind). Superb print quality. Attractive fancy border. Not so often seen in such great condition


Era:  c1870-80's

Diameter:   67mm 

Condition (please see detailed photos):   Excellent  Superb condition with just a couple of very faint glaze-lines (that don't go all the way through) on the back rim/side (barely visible and hardly worth mentioning) and is otherwise mint (the tiny dots on the very back of the rim are the usual in-manufacture stilt marks from the kiln)


Grade:  9.3       Estimate:   £150-200     Reserve:   N/R

 

 
31 £ 250
 


Pot Lid:   'KNOWLES' ESAULINE'

Description:  Another appealing pictorial lid, this time a small (2.25") example featuring a very proud looking moustached man with a monocle and pill box hat exclaiming 'I USED IT'. Decent quality print. 


Era:  c1880-1900's

Diameter:   55mm 

Condition (please see detailed photos):  Excellent   Superb condition with just some overall light brown crazing (that looks like it would clean out) and a totally insignificant small (2mm) glaze-rub on the inside of the back rim (so is not visible at all on display) and is otherwise mint


Grade:  9.4        Estimate:   £80-100      Reserve:   N/R

 

 
17 £ 115
 


Pot Lid:   'PRICE & CO'

Description:  A detailed early Bears Grease pot lid from this famous London perfumer. Large bear with sash pictorial. Scarce 'Montpelier House' variant (without mention of 'London'). Excellent quality print. 

Provenance:  Sticker on back reads  'x DS LYON 12/99 OS-'


Era:  c1860-1870's

Diameter:    65mm

Condition (please see detailed photos):  Restored   Some very subtle spots of light stain on the front (hardly worth mentioning) and the whole back and side walls have been oversprayed so it's difficult to ascertain the extent of any damage. The whole of the face is totally original (unfortunately upon taking the sticker off the back it has also taken some of the paint to reveal the original glaze below)

Grade:  Ungraded  Estimate:   £80-100+  Reserve: N/R

 

 
22 £ 130
 


Pot Lid:   'DANIEL MELIA'

Description:  Another classic lid, this time featuring an attractive girl with long wavy hair and a nice smile (no doubt attributable to using this brand of toothpaste). Decent quality print. Scarcely seen in mint condition.


Era:  c1880-1890's

Diameter:    76mm

Condition (please see detailed photos):  Mint   Superb undamaged mint condition (the tiny marks on the back rim are the usual in-manufacture stilt marks)  


Grade:   9.9      Estimate:   £300-400     Reserve:   N/R

 

 
35 £ 710
 


Pot Lid:   'LORIMER & CO, LONDON & NEW YORK'

Description:  An appealing 'Sanoline' tooth paste pot lid from this popular perfumer in London with a fabulous pictorial of three Geisha girls. Good strong print. 

Era:  c1880-1890's

Diameter:   82mm

Condition (please see detailed photos):   Restored   Has had restoration work done to a very high standard indeed with what looks like a medium (15mm approx) chip on the side wall repaired (and what looks like a hairline across the face or the whole lid has been in two halves, re-glued and touched up) and parts of the back have been over-sprayed too. All to a high standard


Grade: Ungraded     Estimate: £80-100     Reserve: N/R

 

 
24 £ 147
 


Pot Lid:      'GENUINE RUSSIAN BEARS GREASE'

Description:  Another appealing 'two bruins' bears grease lid, this time with a large fancy border featuring a standing bear with another behind (with its tongue out). Superb quality print. Delicately made. Not so often seen in such great condition with such clear print too! 


Era:  c1870-80's

Diameter:   74mm 

Condition (please see detailed photos):   Excellent  Superb condition with just a totally insignificant small (1mm x 4mm) glaze rub on the very back rim edge (barely visible, easily missed and hardly worth mentioning) and apart from some very minor subtle stain on the side wall (once again barely visible) is otherwise mint


Grade:  9.5      Estimate:   £100-120       Reserve:  N/R

 

 
29 £ 180
 


Pot Lid:     'JEWSBURY & BROWN, MANCHESTER'

Description:  A simply superb large 'Restorative Balm' pot lid from this large city in the North West of England which features an exquisitely detailed picture of a girl showing off her long wavy hair in the centre. Attractive marbled surround and sides (not dissimilar to that of the more familiar and very common 'Oriental Tooth paste' lids from the same company). Fabulous swirls and flourishes in the design normally associated with early lids. Fabulous quality print. A very rare lid and arguably amongst the best of  British pictorials

The preparation assisting to the condition of the hair according to the claim:  ... 'Giving it a beautiful & lively appearance and keeping it in curl in damp weather or during exercise'


Era:    c1860-1880's

Diameter:    90mm  

Condition (please see detailed photos):   Good   Just has a smallish (4mm x 9mm) old chip mainly on the underside of the outer rim (at 5 o'clock and which is mostly hidden from top view) and is otherwise mint (and because of the marbled design is mostly disguised from view) 


Grade:  7.8     Estimate:   £400-500+     Reserve:   N/R

 

 
90 £ 2,550
 


Pot Lid:   'J.E. STILING, NEWTON ABBOT'

Description:  A fabulous building pictorial 'Cherry & Areca Nut' pot lid from this South Devon town featuring the 15th century 'St Leonard's Tower' in the centre. Particularly well printed for one of these very scarce lids. 

The 'Clock Tower' in Newton Abbot (as it's referred to locally) was constructed in the 15th-century as part of a gothic-style church and was the site of William III's first proclamation in England. The adjoining nave was demolished in 1836 to improve traffic flows but the tower was saved by a local petition.

** One of several superb lids from various significant pot lid collections, all to be spread over successive auctions **

Era:  c1880-90's 

Diameter:    74mm

Condition (please see detailed photos):    Fair/ Good  Has a large (4mm x 20mm) area of chips off the back rim in one area and a series of four smallish (3-5mm) chips in another area, also on the back rim, this time on the edge (with a very faint small (9mm) hairline from one of them on the side wall and is otherwise excellent (the two tiny black lines on the face edge are actual print)


Grade:  6.0      Estimate:  £300-400+     Reserve:  N/R

 

 
52 £ 850
 


Pot Lid:   'ST PAUL'S'

Description:  A pleasing pictorial areca nut tooth paste lid featuring this iconic London landmark. This being the scarcer smaller variant without the usual pronounced outer rim. Excellent quality print. 

St Paul's Cathedral on Ludgate Hill was designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London (1666) fuelled a major rebuilding program in London a few decades later. 


Era:  c1880-1890's

Diameter:    72mm

Condition (please see detailed photos):  Good  Just some patches of brown/rust on the side wall edge and some on the face), an arched hairline bruise on the side wall (and other small hairlines mainly on the back/side wall) and a tiny (1mm) glaze-ding/fleabite on the face at 2 o'clock (above the 2nd O of 'Tooth') and is otherwise very good 


Grade:   7.7       Estimate:  £40-60+       Reserve:  N/R

 

 
25 £ 135
 


Pot Lid:    'JAMES ATKINSON, LONDON'

Description:  A classic and genuine bears grease lid featuring a highly detailed bear in chains from this popular London retailer. Unusually dark print for one of these. Fancy herringbone border. Slightly smaller and earlier variant


Era:  c1870-1880's

Diameter:  58mm 

Condition (please see detailed photos):   Mint   Superb undamaged mint condition 

Grade:  9.8        Estimate:   £40-60        Reserve:   N/R

 

 
21 £ 101
 

 

Pot Lid:    'H.GILBERTSON & SONS LTD'

Description:  This lid features a great pictorial of the fabulous twin-spired Cologne Cathedral (although only one spire is evident on the lid). Decent print (with just a  slight smudge). An impressive and popular lid.

Gilbertson's was taken over by 'Ayrton & Saunders' of Liverpool in 1904 

Era:  c1890's -1904


Diameter:  67mm

Condition (please see detailed photos):  Excellent   Great condition with just a tiny (1mm) insignificant fleabite flake on the back rim edge (barely visible and hardly worth mentioning) and is otherwise mint.

Grade:  9.4      Estimate:   £150-200      Reserve:   N/R  



 
18 £ 105
 


Pot Lid:    WHITAKER LIMITED

Description:  Another bears grease this time from this chemist in London featuring a standing bear in great detail. This being the 'Whitaker Limited' variation (and not Whitaker & Grossmith' and from their '22 Silk City' address. Excellent quality print. Fancy border. Comes with a base that looks to be the original. Not so often seen in such great condition


Era:  c1870-80's

Diameter:  78mm 

Condition (please see detailed photos):  Excellent  LID: Great overall condition with just a small (2mm x 7mm) grey 'scrape' on the back rim edge(which may even be in manufacture) and is otherwise mint / BASE: A very small (3mm x 5mm) chip on the foot edge and is otherwise excellent


Grade:  9.0 (lid) Estimate:   £150-200+  Reserve:   N/R

 

 
33 £ 295
 


Pot Lid:   'C.H. SWIFT, ROCHDALE'

Description:  A well detailed Queen Victoria pictorial lid from this market town in Greater Manchester. This is the earlier version before they moved to Huddersfield in 1879 and from 'C.H. Swift and not 'J. Swift'. Quite possibly also the only lid to mention hair 'falling off'     
 

Era:   c1870-79

Diameter:    87mm 

Condition (please see detailed photos):    Good/Very good   Just has a very small (2mm x 5mm) chip on the very back edge (and a very insignificant fleabite also on the back rim edge) and is otherwise mint

Grade:  8.2       Estimate:   £60-80+     Reserve:    N/R

 

 
12 £ 75
 


Pot Lid:   'MAY, ROBERTS & CO, LONDON'

Description:  An appealing pictorial lid from this London perfumer featuring a young girl leaning over a wall with cherries below. A real classic. Great quality print
 

Era:  c1880-1900's

Diameter:  70mm 

Condition (please see detailed photos):  Good/Very good   Just has a small (2mm x 4mm) chip on the back rim edge (and a few glaze rubs also on the back rim some of which are glazed over) and apart from some very insignificant and hardly noticeable light wear on one section of the outer rim (you can't really see it and can only just feel it) and is otherwise excellent


Grade:   8.0       Estimate:   £80-100      Reserve:   N/R

 

 
15 £ 125
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