Pot Lid:   'SHARP BROTHERS, LONDON'

Description:  A fabulous 'Royal Alexandra' coloured lid from this perfumer in central London. Fabulous picture of Princess Alexandra in the centre picked out in yellow, with a lovely contrasting light green/blue background colour and superb quality print. Retains original gold band Beaded border

Invaluable help and extra information 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 - The update of which is now available at just £20 a copy (plus £3.49 UK P&P  ask re overseas) - Contact (Jim): jimlayden1@gmail.com  

Era:  c1880-90's

Diameter:    87mm

Condition (please see detailed photo's):    Very good/Excellent   Superb overall condition with just the odd few very minor tiny nibbles/pinhead fleabites on the very back rim edge and a equally tiny (<1mm) totally insignificant glaze-rub on the side rim edge (barely visible and hardly worth mentioning) and is otherwise mint (nb the thin yellow lines on the side wall were just remnants of old tape which have now all been scraped off)

Grade:   9.0       Estimate:  £300-500        Reserve:  N/R

Pot Lid:   'RIMMEL'S CORAL'

Description:  A scarce 'Coral Tooth Paste' pot lid variant from this famous London perfumer featuring various seashells and coral (as opposed to the more familiar cherries) in shades of yellow and pink together with green as well as a clever use of a dark brown background that brings everything to life. Beaded border. Great quality print. Likely made in the Pratt factory in Staffordshire. Underglaze print with all colours intact. 

Era:  c1870-1880's

Diameter:  79mm 

Condition (please see detailed photo's):    Good  Has two medium (3mm x 9mm) and (4mm x 10mm) chips on the back rim edge together with a larger (6mm x 12mm) one which are mostly hidden on display and is otherwise very good with just a little subtle light rust crazing in places (that looks like it could be removed with rust remover) - nb the small mark on the rim edge (near the 'L' of Coral) is just an in-manufacture light print mark 

Grade:   7.0      Estimate:  £150-200        Reserve:   N/R

Plaque:   'FELIX PRATT'

Description:  A very rare small (4") ceramic plaque of the Staffordshire factory owner Felix Pratt in superb detail and colouring with a deep jade green background and a black picture frame with leaves in relief and heightened in gold on both the inside and outer borders. Underglaze print with all colours intact. Two small hanging holes in top/back. Fabulous prevenance (see below). A rare offering

Rated as 'RRRR' and £1000-1500 in Mortimer's coloured pot lid book (p103)

Provenance: Has various sales stickers on the back from a BADA London sale in 1965 and a Sotheby's sale in 1993

** These items are just a few from the fabulous collection/stock of the late Chris Bultitude who sadly passed away last July. We will be auctioning all of these over the next few years and have decided to waive the usual 5% seller's comm and pass it on to the Dorothy House Hospice in Bradford-On-Avon who did such a fabulous job looking after Chris in his last few months **    

Pot Lid:     'THE CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION LIMD, LONDON'

Description:   An attractive cherry T/P lid with a bunch of cherries pictured and the above wording. Attractive layout. Decent black print (with much of the original overglaze green and red on the bunch of cherries intact). Manufactured by F&R Pratt at Fenton, Staffordshire (you can just make out their distinctive alignment dots in yellow at 3 and 9 o'clock). 

Era:    c1880-1890's

Diameter:    73mm  

Condition (please see detailed photo's):   Very good  Just some spots of light wear on the outside edge in places (little if anything to detract on dsplay at all) and two very small minor areas of rust on the back (hardly worth mentioning) and is otherwise excellent

Grade:  8.9        Estimate:   £80-100      Reserve:     N/R

Pot Lid:   'JERRAM, HATTON GARDEN'

Description:  An attractive early coloured lid entitled 'The Circassian' from this London retailer. Manufactured in Staffordshire. Excellent print quality. Retains all of the original gold band

Listed as 'RRR' extremely rare £250-350 in Mortimer's coloured lid book (p71)

Era:  c1860-70's

Diameter:    75mm

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  Good   Has a small (3mm x 4mm) old shallow chip/flake on the back rim edge (and one or two very small fleabites/rubs also on the back rim edge, as per photos) and is otherwise excellent 

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

Pot Lid:   'JOHN GOSNELL & CO, LONDON' 

Description:  A very appealing early blue print bears grease lid featuring a standing bear from this famous chemist in Lombard Street, London. Decent print. The double line border variant featuring the bear with a raised white chest.

Dug in Cornwall in the 1980/90's

Era:  c1860-70's

Diameter:  68mm 

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  Very good   Just has a pretty insignificant very small (2mm x 6mm) old long thin flake on the back rim edge (and a tiny (2mm) fleabite also on the back rim edge) and is otherwise mint (with just some very subtle rust glaze crazing in places) 

Grade:  8.9      Estimate:   £200-250        Reserve:   N/R

Pot Lid:   'EUGENE ROUSSEL, PHILADELPHIA'

Description:  A very attractive pink print Shaving Cream pot lid from this large city in Pennsylvania, US together with it's matching base which is also printed in red (see photos). Very appealing large decorative border. Fine print quality. Rare to find complete. 

Roussel left these premises in 1849 so this lid pre-dates that

Era:  c1840-49 (see above)

Diameter:   80mm 

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  LID: Excellent  Just a small (6mm) insignificant line on the outside rim which looks to be in-manufacture (and not a scratch) and the odd spot of very minor rust and is otherwise mint / BASE Good:  A few old chips/flakes but mostly on the very top which are hidden when lid on top and is otherwise very good

Grade:  9.6 (lid)   Estimate:   £80-100     Reserve:    N/R

Pot Lid:    'WOOLLATT, TAUNTON'

Description:  An attractive pink print lid from this large town in Somerset which bears an uncanny resemblance to that of the very common Woods Cherry 6d lids (this obvious plagiarism was not uncommon in the period and especially considering the popularity of Mr Wood's toothpaste at the time!). Excellent quality print. Good to see mention of 'Dentist'. Scarce

Era:    c1880-1900's

Diameter:    67mm  

Condition (please see detailed photo's):   Excellent    Superb condition with just a tiny (1mm) fleabite flake on the back rim edge and a ultra-fine glaze line on the side-wall at the back that doesn't go all the way through

Grade:  9.3       Estimate:   £60-80         Reserve:    N/R

Pot Lid:    'SWINTON'S'

Description:  A popular blue print florally decorated tooth paste lid from this London proprietor. This being the 'English Primrose 1/-' variant. Pleasing wintery lettering. Great quality print. 

Era:    c1890-1900's

Diameter:    67mm  

Condition (please see detailed photo's):    Very good   Just has a very shallow small (5mm) flake on the very back of the rim (barely noticeable and not seen on display)  and is otherwise exxcellent wth just a little grey stain on the underside/back rim

Grade:  8.7         Estimate:   £40-60        Reserve:   N/R

Pot Lid:   'OUR HOME'

Description:  A very appealing and very rare Prattware pot lid variant depicting an idyllic country house scene with children playing with kittens outside and a man looking over whilst smoking a pipe. Exceptional print quality. This example doesn't have the usual 'Thos. Jackson' printed in black near edge and has 'J. AUSTIN' instead. Verse at top. Early version with no white border 

This signed variant not mentioned in Mortimer's Staffordshire pot lid book (see page 144)

Era:  c1852-70's

Diameter:  92mm 

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  Mint   Superb mint condition 

Grade:  9.9      Estimate:   £80-100+      Reserve:    N/R

Pot Lid:   'QUEEN VICTORIA & PRINCE CONSORT'

Description:  A very large (5") and impressive coloured Prattware lid featuring Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Very wide border. Good colours. Scarce

Rated as 'RRR - £300-500' in Mortimer's guide to coloured lids.

Provenance: Has a 1996 'SAS' auctions sticker on the underside

Era:  c1860-1870's

Diameter:    122mm

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  Good  Has a smallish (5mm x 9mm) wafer-thin flake on the very back of the rim, a smaller (3mm x 7mm) sliver/flake on the back rim edge , another small (4mm x 5mm) wafer this flake also on the back rim and a small (4mm) chip on the underside of the outer rim that looks to have been painted/lacquered over at some stage in the past and is otherwise very good

Grade:  7.5       Estimate:   £40-60        Reserve:   N/R

Pot Lid:     'JOHN CHERRIMAN, BRIGHTON'

Description:   A fabulously large (4") and very early 'Botanical Tooth Powder' lid from this dental surgeon in Brighton that comes with the original base (also with beaded edge). Lovely light blue colouration. Very bold lettering. Excellent quality print. The only recorded example (now in the update to the pot lid book (page 51) where it mentions Mr Cherriman moving from his 24 Ship St address in 1861). An extremely rare offering!

Era:  c1861+

Diameter:   101mm 

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  LID:  Very good  Just a very small (3mm x 5mm) flake on the underside of the outer rim (which is all but hidden from top view) and apart from just a nibble on two of the outer beads (barely visible and hardly worth mentioning) is otherwise mint (with most of the rust crazing removed from when it was photographed in the book and group photo) / BASE: Excellent  Just an insignificant small (3mm x 4mm) flake on the thin upper rim (that is all completely hidden when lid on top) and some glaze crazing in places (mainly on the very bottom and side having not being touched) and is otherwise mint

Grade:  9.0 (lid)   Estimate:   £200-300+  Reserve:  N/R

Pot Lid:     'VANTINE'S'

Description:   An unusual square ceramic 'Cherry Blossom Tooth Paste' pot lid from this New York department storethat comes with the original base (also with beaded edge) and features a fabulous colourful picture of a Japanese girl with a fan on the front and the above wording applied in gold lettering above. Applied 'Vantine' stamp to base in gold with cross flags tm. Excellent quality print. 

A.A. Vantine & Co, Fifth Avenue & 39th Street, New York, US

Provenance: The actual example that appears in the pot lid book (page 528) and was originally from Norman Lewis's collection 

Era:  c1890-1900's

Dimensions:   72mm square  

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  Both lid and base are mint (with just the odd spot of surface rust on the base)

Grade:  9.8 (both)   Estimate:   £80-100  Reserve:  N/R

Pot Lid:   'THE VILLAGE WAKES'

Description:  A rare Prattware pot lid and base design depicting a scene with a standing bear, monkey riding a small dog and various children etc on the lid and a specially designed shallow pot that has similar scenes of the figures mentioned above (and many more) in a full procession in green print around the sides, all taken from 'Mr Fezziwig's Ball' by Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol'. Excellent print quality. 'T. JACKSON' printed in black near edge (Thomas Jackson was a manufacturing chemist in Manchester). 

 Lid/base rated as 'RRR' (£400-800) in Mortimer's coloured pot lid book (p141)

** These items are just a few from the fabulous collection/stock of the late Chris Bultitude who sadly passed away last July. We will be auctioning all of these over the next few years and have decided to waive the usual 5% seller's comm and pass it on to the Dorothy House Hospice in Bradford-On-Avon who did such a fabulous job looking after Chris in his last few months **    

Pot Lid:   'THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD'

Description:  A rare Prattware pot lid and base variation depicting a shepherd carrying a sheep over a stream. Made for retailer James Muggleton, Birmingham (as per stamp on bottom of base). Same green/gold pattern on both lid and base. Decent print quality. Most of original outer gold band still intact

A variant not recorded in Mortimer's coloured pot lid book 

Era:  c1870-80's

Dimensions:  99mm diameter (lid) / 49mm tall (in total)

Condition (please see detailed photo's):  LID: Fair/Good   Has a medium/large (8mm x 20mm) chip on the outside rim edge (at around 5 o'clock) which has been repaired at some stage in the past (but not very convincingly) and is otherwise excellent / BASE: Very good/Excellent   Just has a small (4mm x 6mm) shallow flake on the upper part of the rim (and a hairline also) which don't show when lid on top and is otherwise excellent

Grade:  7.0 (lid) / 9.0 (base)  Estimate:   £20-40  Reserve:   N/R