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709. STEPHENSONS PATENT POISON
BOTTLE. (DP p30). 4.25ins tall. Cobalt blue.
Distinctive waisted design (Stephensons
No 6324 Pat.), facetted corners. POISON
to top of front & rear, 1oz to side. To base
STEPHENSONS/ No 6324/ PAT. Some in
manufacture crudity to the glass, no actual
damages. A very fine example of a very rare,
small size/ all time classic, poison patent,
just a handful recorded. 9.8/10. NR. £3,500-
4,000+
Sale end
710. EARLY TIN GLAZED LAMBETH OINTMENT POT. 2.25ins diam,
0.9ins tall. An extremely rarely seen hand thrown, early, tin glazed
ointment pot - shallow central depression and
dinky finger-held foot - for
careful compound
application! Hand
written blue letters
around rim, difficult
to decipher exactly
- could be S P
Green 2 Union Place
Lambeth - if so it is an
unrecorded variant (see
Bob Houghton & Mark Priestley
book, p35). Recently discovered
in the North East of England.
Usual edge glaze flakes, overall
super crude. A particularly rare
offering on the open market.
8/10. NR. £300-400+