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Sadly non of the SummerNational revelry this year?
I opted for an A4 size instead of the usual A5 we’d gone to for
our four regular Bottle & Pot Lid sales. Apologies to all who’ve catalogues lined in BBR binders - and this one doesn’t fit. But I felt it warranted some difference to help lift it above the norm’, make
it genuinely something special to stand out on the occasion of the 30th UK SummerNational. I put my heart and soul into it, revelled in making it stand out from the crowd - different to all before!
entire presentation a little with a moving image to catch other staff members and capture the ambiance of the room set up - Katie does a cracking good job on this count, we call it fettling.
Given difficulties to view the auction lots BBR has added an innovative concept - WhatsApp or Face Time lot previewing - we call you and you can peruse all facets of a particulat lot.
Reception of the catalogue as it hit doorsteps around the country was unanimous - “wow”, “... congrats’ on a superb/ tremendous catalogue just received, the best one yet?” DR, “... how good does it look, surely the best printed bottle related catalogue yet?” RH, “... like the Fullers ovate in the BBR auction catalogue, fantastic pictures don’t need to bid for anything the catalogue is that
good!” SM, “... has to be one of the best ever spreads and just an absolutely stunning catalogue presentation, better than anything from the likes of the major auction houses, well done AB!” JH. “... this catalogue has lifted our hobby up a notch. All kind comments appreciated.
So, non of all that fun and camaraderie we have come to expect 2. MANCHES POT LID. 2.75i diam. Most unu light blue bodie ‘PWricaelke1r/’.s/(RCeagrb Exchange Labo Place, Manche extremely rare example BBR s
Fingers crossed our ideas come to fruition on the day and we have, hopefully, roped in the services of afemale tv personality from a collecting programme to perform the honours/ catch the day - so make sure you pull up a chair, turn on your computer, pour a large glass of wine, sit back and enjoy the afternoon.
of the big Summer w/e.... non of the too early Friday arrivals,
some folks the pub by Friday lunch time, no Friday 5pm stallholder auction previewing and buffet, non of that huuuuuuge queue Saturday morning by the Market, no running round again and again, no popping in to BBR’s salesroom to view what promised 4. MOULDED
be the very best ever displays and competitions, no Saturday nigh
Social, quiz or bleary eyed Sunday morning Car Boot.
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It was obvious we would have to operate our July 5th afternoon Auction in complete close down, behind locked doors, no public allowed just BBR staff. I’ve watched a few online sales via easylive, and other operators, and they come over as a little bit lifeless. BBR used to have a camera in the salesroom streaming into the cafe/ reception area so people could stand outside the room,
have a drink, some food and a natter, but watch and listen to so they didn’t miss out on lots they were
waiting to come up later. Sometimes the camera view that customers see online is not the best, half heads, top of heads and a few times inappropriate
backgrounds - as per the Wessex Auction Rooms spotted the other week - oops, unless it was intentional?
We ditched the salesroom camera
a while back mainly because of the annoying time delay. However, for this
very special July 5th sale we felt it would be a good idea, and appropriate, to be able to see not just maybe
smiley faced self sat on the rostrum but decided perhaps lift the
This catalogue simply could not been done without ‘a little help from friends’ - well, actually a lot. Top of the pops goes to Guy Burch for his brilliant reaserch behind many lots in this catalogue. We also asked Bob Houghton to assist regarding pot lids... and several collectors for other ‘tit bits’ - John Ault, Tony Bebbington, Stuart Leiberman, Peter Douglas, sorry if we’ve missed you off.
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1. FAREHAM & HAVANT SODA SYPHON. 11.5ins tall. Pewter topped bright green glass
syphon featuring ornate acid etched front motif for ‘W O Smith Co Ltd/ Manufacturing/ Chemists/...’ Sturdy
ringed base. Original rear paper label
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Petersfield. Slight internal haze. (9/10) NR £30-40+
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5. LINCOLN GINGER BEER DUO. Tallest 7ins - minus stopper.T.t., slightly different
tan coloured tops, one taller than the other. Each with
front black transfer of Monks Abbey. Left has Bourne p.m., right Lovatt p.m. Ex Brian White Collection. Exc/ A1. (2) NR £30-40+
6W. ALRONEDROSNSAFE CURE. 9.5 ins tall.
Pint size olive green ‘Warners/ Safe Cure/ London’ with heavily embossed detailed safe to front. As good as they get! (10/10) NR £30-40+
7. WARNERS EPHEMERA. Original early trade almanacs for 1890, 1894 etc featuring lots of product advertisements, testaments claims etc (see added shots on easylive), plus Antique
Bottle World (July 1978). Some wear, page edge damages. (4) NR £20-30+
8. RIGA BALSAM PONTILLED MEDICINE. 3.6ins tall. Clear/ lead glass, octagonal base, flattend bulbous body with narrowing neck & rolled lip. Embossed ‘HEN/ Y/ PYNE/ WHITE CHAPPEL’ to front, ‘‘GENUINE/ RIGA BALSAM’ to rear. Base pontil. Delightfully crude, body bubbles, amber swirl in neck area. An important, previously unrecorded,
early London medicine. Exc. (10/10) NR £400-600+
Henry Pyne was a Chemist & Druggist at 11 Whitechapel trading at least as early as 1793. Riga Balsam is now associated with a liqueur but it was first advertised as “efficious [sic] in green wounds, bruises, strains and rheumatic complaints”. (1800). Imported lozenge shaped Riga Balsam bottles with the name embossed to a small seal attached
below the neck are regular favourites with collectors but this is the only known British made bottle.
Previous lozenge Riga Balsam variantss sold by BBR Auctions Best - July 2009 lot175 clear close up of seal ‘RIGA / BALSAM / F.C.W.’* Oct 2013 lot 276, April 2012 lot 215,
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3. LANDPORT POT LID. 2.8ins diam. highly ornately laid out ‘Cherry/ Tooth Paste/... A Gresswell/ Pharmaceutical
Chemist/ 379 Commercial Road’ - all set within scrolls and double line borders etc. Very good no damage aaprt from minor inmanufacture glaze miss to bottom edge. (9/10) NR £40-60+
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9. HULL SLAB SEALED FLASK. 11ins tall. Oval shape base flask with bulbous body tapering to narrow top, featuring double collar lip. Grey green slip glaze - superb colour. Applied front cut out slab impressed ‘G EVANS/ 14 LOW GATE/ HULL’Minute base flakes. Ex Brian White Collection. (9/10) Exc/ A1. NR £250-300+
10. LONDON BEER JUG. XXX ins tall. Two tone bulbous bodied stoneware jug, loop side handle, top section features concentric raised rings, repeated at bottom. Black transfer each side ‘With/
E Collinson’s/ Compliments/ The Victory/ Lower Richmond Rd/ Putney.’ (Pub still standing - larger image on easyliveauction.com). Exc/ A1. (9/10) NR £60-80+
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1. FAREHAM & HAVANT SODA SYPHON. 11.5ins tall. Pewter topped bright green glass
8. RIGA BALSAM PONTILLED MEDICINE. 3.6ins tall. Clear/ lead glass, octagonal base, flattend bulbous body with narrowing neck & rolled lip. Embossed ‘HEN/ Y/ PYNE/ WHITE CHAPPEL’ to front, ‘‘GENUINE/ RIGA BALSAM’ to rear. Base pontil. Delightfully crude, body bubbles, amber swirl in neck area. An important, previously unrecorded,
syphon featuring ornate acid etched front motif for ‘W O Smith Co Ltd/ Manufacturing/ Chemists/...’ Sturdy
early London medicine. Exc. (10/10) NR £400-600+
ringed base. Original rear paper label
‘I G Hounsome/
Henry Pyne was a Chemist & Druggist at 11 Whitechapel trading at least as early as 1793. Riga Balsam is now associated with a liqueur but it was first advertised as “efficious [sic] in green wounds, bruises, strains and rheumatic complaints”. (1800). Imported lozenge shaped Riga Balsam bottles with the name embossed to a small seal attached
Petersfield. Slight internal haze. (9/10) NR £30-40+
below the neck are regular favourites with collectors but this is the only known British made bottle.
2. MANCHESTER
POT LID. 2.75ins
diam. Most unusual
light blue bodied lid for
‘Walker’s/ Carbo-Neroline/
Price 1/. (Reg No 35841)...
Exchange Laboratory/ Market
Place, Manchester). This is an
extremely rare North West pot lid (last
example BBR sold July 2019 @ £670). Exc/A1. (10/10) NR £250-300+
tan coloured tops, one taller than the other. Each with front black transfer of Monks Abbey. Left has Bourne p.m., right Lovatt p.m. Ex Brian White Collection. Exc/ A1. (2) NR £30-40+
6. LONDON WARNERS SAFE CURE. 9.5 ins tall.
Pint size olive green ‘Warners/ Safe Cure/ London’ with heavily embossed detailed safe to front. As good as they get! (10/10) NR £30-40+
4. MOULDED FLASK. 8.3ins tall. Top section deep, variating, dark brown, lower section a mid brown -
a definite Chesterfield made item, wonderful character? Oval body section, ribbed neck,
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10. LONDON BEER JUG. XXX ins tall. Two tone bulbous bodied stoneware jug, loop side handle, top section features concentric raised rings, repeated at bottom. Black transfer each side ‘With/
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3. LANDPORT POT LID. 2.8ins diam. highly ornately laid out ‘Cherry/ Tooth Paste/... A Gresswell/ Pharmaceutical
Chemist/ 379 Commercial Road’ - all set within scrolls and double line borders etc. Very good no damage aaprt from minor inmanufacture glaze miss to bottom edge. (9/10) NR £40-60+
Bottle World (July 1978). Some wear, page edge damages. (4) NR £20-30+
5. LINCOLN GINGER BEER DUO. Tallest 7ins - minus stopper.T.t., slightly different
7. WARNERS EPHEMERA. Original early trade almanacs for 1890, 1894 etc featuring lots of product advertisements, testaments claims etc (see added shots on easylive), plus Antique
146. FULLERS PATENT OVATE. 7.3ins long. Dense black glass very egalarslyshinamceiltnotrnasl sheacpteio,nva(wriahteinreg thoelighlatsesr gisrethein/ngere).eHney-aavmilybemr hbuoessed
ofperioddressed 3.Besttimetocontactyou. Exc/A1.(9/10)NR£60-h8is0+bottles,includingthosesoldbyhisagents,carryhisname.ItislikelythattheFuller’sbottle
gents!. Paper label to base ‘ Delaforce Collection.’ Exc/ A1. (9.5/10)
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9. HULL SLAB SEALED FLASK. 11ins tall. Oval shape base flask with bulbous body tapering to narrow top, featuring double collar lip. Grey green slip glaze - superb colour. Applied front cut out slab HimUpLreL’sMseindut‘GebEaVsAeNflSa/ke1s4.LEOxWBriGanATWEh/ite Collection. (9/10) Exc/ A1. NR £250-300+
represents a competitor to Hamilton and is not the same patent. A patent (no 4357) of April 1819 was
granted to Henry Peter Fuller was for “procuring or preparing sulphate of soda, soda, sub-carbonate of soda,
and muriatic acid”. Fuller’s notices mention “patent glass machines” and both glass and stone bottles. A similar
preparation was advertised as ‘patent’ by the Irish surgeon James Murray but vigorously doubted by correspondents to Newspapers including Hamilton. One other Fuller example is recorded, formally in Dennis Northmore’s Collection (sold by BBR July 2002).
NR £60-80+
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LLANELLY TOOTH PASTE POT LID. 2.4ins square. Described in ‘Historical Guide to Advertising Pot Lids’ by Houghton, Layden
& Taylor (p627) this exact same pot lid is illustrated and described as bearing a “stunning set of teeth pictorial.”
Taking all this into account the present bottle probably dates to about 1878. We
are not aware of another extant example of this unique survivor? Some body wear. though no real damage. (8/10) NR £1,500-2,000+
In October 1877 Hiram Codd was issued with a new patent (October 22nd, pat
no 3903) placing retaining lugs within the body of the bottle rather than in a neck chamber illustrating the patent with a diagram of a cylindrical bottle - no examples have been found of that shape. The lugs were symmetrical and converging to channel the stopper as it rolled to the neck. This bottle has shorter ridges but the function is clearly the same. wThe embossing tells us it was Codd’s patent rather than one lodged jointly with Dan Ryland but was made at the Hope glassworks, Barnsley, under their partnership with him that began in 1876. The numbers following the word ‘patent’,
in this case ‘4’, are believed represent the licence granted to the maker of the bottle
- Ryland. The specific ‘Rylands & Codd’ embossing used dates between 1877-81. David Jones speculated this bottle was part of an experimental batch (perhaps
testing the 1877 patent idea) but it is highly likely it was made to be marketed.
There is ample evidence surviving bottles, even very rare ones, would be produced
in large quantities, at least in the hundreds, if not more. The 1877 patent
probably just proved less efficient, did not sell well and was rapidly
discontinued. The fact no drinks company name is present also
suggests a bottle not having found a retailer prepared to commission
There are a couple of underside base flakes which don’t spoil the display factor of this exceptional rarity. The rust, as it was dug, has been left on the lid - to clean or not to clean? An especially significant, once in a lifetime
opportunity, to acquire a very special UK pot lid ‘gem!’ (8/10) NR £1,200-1500+
NB: This was dug by Mike Bowen at the famous Aberystwyth tip
more under licence?
in 1999. He told BBR “we were
living in Bicester at the time and a collector friend got in touch saying he had permission to dig the site Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They were going to build a new school on a Football/ Rugby pitch
known to be located on top of an old tip.
I travelled to Llanelli on 3 consecutive weekends staying
at my Mother’s before travelling a further 70 miles early to
Aberystwyth. The first Sunday we had fine rain all day, there were bottles everywhere as the turf had already been removed. Second weekend made the same trip but it didn’t rain, and again plenty of goodies.
On the final weekend I hit “paydirt” - after about 2 hours I hit water
some 3 feet down and called over to another digger who said it
was dry where he was. Very shortly after that I dug a square base
and gingerly forked the ground. I could see the lid face down and
when I turned it over I think everyone on the site must have heard
me call out!”
SCOTTISH DRUG DEPOT POT LID. 3.2ins wide. Scarce oval ‘Hygienic Carbolic Tooth
JOHN OLIVENT DOULTON
MADE WHISKY FLAGON. XXns ta1ll. Unusual pear shape, with bottom sliced off, Doulton Lambeth stoneware artware advertising whisky flagon.
Paste’ pot lid, outer lettering in a buckled belt border, central section with linear decoration etc. Minor crazing plus inmanufacture gobod.yAflaswcaorctheeSrwcoistetisvherliyd.
Upper section features decorative foliate coloured sprigs set upon a dark brown body. Lower section mid brown salt glaze with transfer for this Bury St Edmunds company
WINCHESTER BLUE MARBLE CODD BOTTLE. 9ins tall, aqua glass 4 neck pinch 10oz codd bottle with a cobalt blue glass marble. Embossed ‘WILFRED ANDREWS/ St SWITHUNS/
‘Red Label’ whisky. Complete with wonderful silver plated stopper - impressed lettering to front and back - see
MINERAL WATER/ WORKS/ WINCHESTER’ across front. Has been cleaned, some slight body pitting. (8/10) NR £60-80+
additional close up images on easyliveauction.com. Various base markings. Exc/ A1 (10/10) NR £170-220+
WINCHESTER BLUE MARBLE CODD BOTTLE. 9ins tall, aqua glass standard codd
bottle with a cobalt
blue glass marble. Embossed ‘WILFRED ANDREWS/ WINCHESTER & ANDOVER’ to front ‘A. ALEXANDER & CO/ LEEDS &/ LONDON’ to rear. Very good. (9/10) NR £80-120+
(8.5/10) NR £60-80+
CODD’S PATENT BODY PINCH OVATE. 7.3ins long, aqua glass. Perhaps seen as a ‘hybrid’ by todays collectors this bottle carries two extraordinary retaining pinches in the lower body section to, hopefully, hold back the marble when pouring out the pop! Embossed ‘CODD’S PATENT / 4/ MAKERS / RYLANDS & CODD / BARNSLEY’. An extremely rare Codd Patent 4 variant, the same one illust’d on p92 of ‘Saving the Fizz’ by David Jones.
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Previous lozenge Riga Balsam variantss sold by BBR Auctions Best - July 2009 lot175 clear close up of seal ‘RIGA / BALSAM / F.C.W.’* Oct 2013 lot 276, April 2012 lot 215,
Oct 2005 lot 119
‘FULLER/ Brabant Court / Philpot Lane / London’ and ‘Patent Aerated / Magnesia / Water.’ A truly stunning example in exceptional condition, heavily whittled characterful overall glass finish, square edged tooled lip, pontil to base. NR (9.9?/10) £3,000-4,000+
145. JOHN ARKLE NEWCASTLE COBALT BLUE HAMILTON. 7.2ins long, bright blue glass 6oz size hamilton.. Embossed ‘JOHN ARKLE’ above a large pictorial trade mark of St George on horseback slaying a dragon ‘TRADE MARK’ to left & right’, ‘MORPETH’ below. Excellent overall with full body sheen, minor body flaw to left of the ‘T’ on the word Trade. An exceptional and important offering. (9/10) NR £2,000-3,000+
This bottle has been thoroughly researched by the late John Yule in his book ‘Nothing but the Blues, Blue Glass Mineral Water
Bottles from North East England’ (pages 24-26, colour plate p59). He rated it “among the most desirable bottles in blue glass from the North East”.
The Mineral water Trade Review & Guardian of July 1885 reported John Arkle (1822-85), a coal agent, started the mineral water company, shortly before his death, for his son Thomas (1853-1890). Thomas’s name appears in 1884 directories at George & Dragon Yard in Morpeth. In 1886 Margaret Arkle (John’s wife or their daughter, also called Margaret then aged 31) is given as the manufacturer but by 1890 she had returned to the coal agency supplying manure and lime. The very
brief time span of the company of about six years (c. 1884-90) explains why
any Arkle bottle is rare. John Yule reported aqua bottles with both Thomas and
Margaret Arkle’s names embossed and for Bell & Black (Margaret’s manager
was William Bell) at the yard which apparently had a pure water spring on the
premises. Yule accounted for four 6oz sizes and one 10oz sizes known (this ex
Malkey collection).
BBR sold an example of the 6oz, with weak embossing, in 2014, July, lot 4.
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Bears Grease Pot Lids
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All from the late Grace Narraway Collection - all as dug - some with ‘specific tip provenance’
ROSS & SONS GENUINE BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE.3ins diam. Multi-coloured highly detailed pictoria, titled ‘Bear Hunting’ (Mortimer 4, p34). Overall really good colours/ strike. Remnants of gold border. Some edge wear & one underside flake & some pin head nicks. (8.5/10) NR £150-200+
BEAR HUNTING POT LID & BASE. 2.5ins diam. A strong blue transferred generic bears grease lid showing three hunters and dog in the process of attacking the unfortunate bruin! Detailed images on easylive show the damage - the hairline @ 11-o-clock should bleach out OK? (7/10) NR £40-60+
HIGHLY PERFUMED BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE. 2.7ins diam. Two detailed bruins in tree lined landscape. Decorative outer border, single line around central image, lettering between. Thinly potted lid with no chips or cracks, just a touch of staining down the sides. Base has a couple of bottom flakes. (8/7/10) NR A rare bear lid. £220-250+
Bears grease was listed in the 1786 purchase tax on cosmetics. Its use
by ‘savages’ was remarked upon by
the perfumer Alexander Ross in his ‘Treatise on Bears Grease’ (1795) where he credits “Mr Townsend an Apothecary who resided near a century since in the Haymarket” with introducing prepared bears grease. The earliest bears grease pots are Delftware ointments with a bear pictured and ‘Prepar’d by Townsend
and sold only / by C King Chymist Hay Market’. Ross’s ‘Hair Warehouse’ was at 119 Bishopsgate at that time and he had succeeded Willian Vickery before that. A Vickery delftware pot with a bear pictured has ‘Bishopsgate & Tavistock St’ (see
HIGHLY PERFUMED BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE. 2.4ins diam. A considerably more detailed central pictorial of the two bruins and mountainous background. Old chip on top edge & 2 side hairlines - see extra close ups on easylive. Paper label says ‘East London railway site, Grace.’ (7/10) NR £60-80+
GENUINE RUSSIAN BEARS GREASE/ LONDON POT LID & BASE. 1.9ins diam. A rather small size
lid depicting a single bear amidst landscape setting, with two lines of writing around and a decorative outer border. Some inmanufacture body flaws and one chip underneath inside - see easylive additional images. (8/10) NR £80-120+
JAMES ATKINSON BEARS GREASE POT LID. 3.1ins diam. First of three Atkinsons single bruin pictorial lid lots, with the familiar 24 Old Bond Street address. 70% (?) gold border remaining on this the scarce 5s size. Slight border variation to the 2 on p246 Advertising Pot Lids book. Slight wear/ rust, bottom edge chip & bottom edge hairline, does not detract. (8/10) NR 60-80+
ps 37 & 39 Historical Guide to Delftware
and Victorian Ointment Pots, Houghton &
Priestley).
Ross poured scorn on the claims for hair restorers and sold his grease as a conditioner. Most 19th Century sellers promoted it for ‘beautifying and strengthening’ the hair. Many lids reference Russian bear’s grease and a Ballad of 1880 tells us where most were found:
Says Jack, “see (my eyes!) The cause of your surprise; You wonder why your sailor should so hairy be,
But my hair did thus increase
With the using of bear’s-grease
Such a quantity we
slaughtered in the Baltic Sea,
Then Jack gave her a smack [kiss]
And the girl she cried, “gook Jack!
You’re rougher than a sweeping brush I vow, say~ she”, “Oh!” says Jack, “ t’was rather rougher.
JAMES ATKINSON BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE. 2.7ins diam. As previous lot this the scarce four shilling size. Subtle differences to the examples shown in Advertising Pot Lids book p246 - no fern detail below the bears feet? Gold band intact. Some crazing. (8.5/10) NR £40-60+
JAMES ATKINSON BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE. 2.3ins diam. The more familiar 2s6 size but appears a subtle transfer ferns variant to all in the Pot Lid book? Underside/ inside base flake. Good sharp print. (8.5/10) NR £30-40+
F S CLEAVERS GENUINE BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE. 2.9ins diam. Five varied lines of lettering, lid price ‘PENCE 6 EACH’ with decorative outer border. Small flake from bottom edge and 2 small outer edge nicks, and in need of a good clean - as dug! (8.5/10) NR £20-30+
How we made the bears to suffer.
When we were a sweeping off the Baltic Sea.”
Images shown on these pages are roughly to scale
HIGHLY PERFUMED BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE. 2.5ins diam. Although a completely different print to previous lot it is remarkably similar to previous lot - more surround detailing & a less ornate outer border. Minor bottom edge flakes, some roughness to outer edge @ 4-o-clock, tiny edge nick, underneath staining etc. Old paper label says ‘Langley’ - a once famous early dig site just outside the M25. (7/5/10) NR £60-80+
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GENUINE BEARS GREASE POT LID & BASE. 3ins diam. Another similar image to previous two lots on an early flat topped lid with a very large & ornate decorative border. Outer edge wear, edge chip at 3-o-clock, & some discolouration - as dug? (7.5/10) NR £80-120+
sister to previous lot? Very dark print. Outer edge flake @ 1-o-clock, tedge top side chip @ 4-o-clock. Ingrained glaze crazing. £60-80+
124. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FIGURAL TEAKETTLE FOUNTIAN INK BOTTLE. 4.25ins long, 2.75ins tall. Medium cobalt blue (with amethyst tones). Main section in the form of
a balding man with long fringe of hair at the sides forming the reservoir of a teakettle type ink. Head faces the spout and has been occasionally been identified as Gladstone but is now widely regarded as being Benjamin Franklins (1706-1790). Sheared mouth with brass neck, no lid. Manufacturing flaws beneath/ near brass neck ring (see close up images on easylive.com). A significantly rare form, & a rare offering, in a stunning, rich colour. Ex Alan Evanuk Collection. (8.7/10) NR £600-800+
The much admired statesman makes an even more suitable subject for an inkwell as a supplier of stationary himself. From the Post Office, near Market Place, Philadelphia he advertised:
‘All sorts of paper, parchment, ink-powder, sealing wax, wafers, fountain pens, pencils, brass ink horns, ink bottles neatly set in brass [lidded], ink and sand glasses with brass heads, pounce, and pounce boxes...fine pewter stands proper for offices and counting-houses.’ Philadelphia Gazette, May 6th, 1742
125. WILLIAM RADAMS MICROBE KILLER JUY. XXins tall. An exceptionally rare stoneware container for the famed (?) William Radams Microbe Killer medicine in the style of a t.t. salt glazed whisky jug style. Features a white applied plaque to belly depicting the ‘classic’ man beating skeleton registered pictorial trade mark in a distinctive black transfer. Various base
124A. JAMES SCHOOLBRED LONDON TOOTH PASTE
‘ALICSALUTICE REGD/ THE CURE FOR ALL/ RHEUMATIC PAINS’ (company based in Glasgow, Scotland).
The handfull of very rare coloured glass examples so far found (less than 6?) have all been in a golden Warners kind
flared lip & equally fine base pontil. Remnants of original string around nexk. Label (attached
later) for ‘J F Hart/ Pharmaceitical/ Chemist/ Ross’
POT LID & BASE. 3.1ins diam. Shop front pictorial of Schoolbreds premises at Tottenham House, Tottenham
Detail from the $100 Bill based on Siffred Duplessis’s portrait of Franklin.
Aqua versions have been found there and this bottle is probably the example discovered at a Brighton Car Boot sale in 1986 (see BBR 28, p23). French firms such as Adrien Maurin are
with familiar ‘Man
of Ross’ pict. t.m.
- some paper wear
& spotting. Great characterful piece. (bottle 10/10, label 8/10). NR £150-200+
Court Rd - this the Cherry Tooth Paste variant from their range.
responsible for most figural designs of this type. Mathews pictured (BBR p24) the only known black (deep amethyst) example but
the blues number around five known, aqua and clear glass not far behind.
of amber glass colour. Never heard of one in this hue - an extremely rare, possibly unique, offering? (9/10) NR £120-
Some wear/ dirt
- should clean, no chips or cracks. (8.5/10)
150+
NR £120-150+
Franklinseatedwithaninkwell.Gleason’s1854printalsoshows his Philadelphia premises.
Nineteenth century America tuberculosis accounted for approx one in tenth deaths, m‘conresucmomptmioonn’l,yekffneocwtingasallages, often resulting in debilitating illness. William Radam, one
reported that:
“A variety of [clay medallions] have been made of different sizes; some to be set in the lids of snuffboxes, and some so small as to be worn in rings; and the numbers sold are incredible. These, with the pictures, busts acnodpiepsrinutpso, n(ocf owphieicshare spread everywhere) have made your father’s face as well-known as that of the moon...’
There is no labelled bottle or documented American provenance for these bottles and they are most likely of European origin. The subject’s connection with France is strong. Franklin was American Commissioner there for 9 years from 1776, signing the Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)
off Americas most renowned
Victorian quack doctors, claimed
“all diseases have a single origin”
and marketed his ‘Microbe Killer’
claiming it could “cure all known
diseases.”
The product cost virtually nothing
to produce but resulted in huge
profits worldwide, playing upon a
widespread fear of the ailment. His medicine was sold in a range of containers from square bodied glass bottles (American & English versions found in amber, aqua & less than a handful in green glass) to a range of pottery flagons.
The Pure Food & Drug Act of 1912 disclosed this, and many other such ‘cure alls’ were bogus!
convincing the French government to support America against Britain, and also signatory at the Treaty of Paris (1783). Joseph Siffred Duplessis’s famous life portrait of Franklin (utilised on the $100 bill) was commissioned
while Franklin was in Paris in 1779 is the likely source of the design. Writing to his daughter Georgiana Franklin that year he
marks.We believe there are just two examples of this, and this the only mint one. (9.5/10) NR £800-1200+
126. ALICSALUTICE QUACK CURE BOTTLE. 5ins tall rectangular medicine bottle
127. FREEBLOWN LABELLED PHIAL. XXins tall. Wonderful
shape with facetted
corners & chunky/
square lip. In an
extraordinary ‘dark rose
amber’glass.Threelines sgmlasosk.eFyagbrueleonus of vertical embossing
cylindrical early glass phial in a
Eight small pot lids...
LONDON EYE SALVE POT LID & BASE. 1.75ins diam. An early flat topped & unusual lid with much writing (wonderful sales pitch?) & varied type
LIP SALVE POT LID & BASE. 1.6ins diam., with a distinctive serrated outer edge. Words set in a central flower head design surrounded by highly ornate floral border. All
ornate outer border. Some staining & couple of small flakes on the bottom edge - see additional images on 3e0a+syliveauction.com. (8.5/10) NR £20-
ISLE OF WIGHT POT LID & BASE. 1.7ins diam. ‘ROSE/ LIP SALVE/ LITTLEFIELD/ CHEMIST/
VENTNOR, I.W.’ Varied type
DR BUCHANAN’S UNIVERSAL VEGETABLE SKIN OINTMENT POT LID & BASE. (APL p264). 1.8ins diam. A very rare early lid featuring male profile
pict. tocentre surrounded by
three lines of writing - including
the price of 1/ 1 1/2.The 22
Newman St pre dates 1867
when they moved to Berners
St. Minor surface wear to lid
& flake to bottom of base,
otherwise no damages. (9/10)
NR £120-150+
A trio of wonderful sample pot lids - illustrated here to scale
faces, central ornate section, single line border plus gold outer band - really good/
intact. Minor grey patch on left side & a little rusiting - as dug. A rare lid. (8.5/10) NR £40-60+
QUEENS HEAD GENERIC POT LID & BASE. 1.4ins diam. Simple black transfer of a crowned young Queen Vic (?) with outer border, background in orange, slightly worn. One of three variations recorded.(7/10) NR Here to sell!
on a blue body, small base - probably not the original? A few very minor nibbles - see additional images on easyliveauction.com. Previously unrecorded. (8.5/10) NR £60-80+
EYE OINTMENT POT LID & BASE.
DOUBLE DIAMOND BACK BAR FIGURE. XXins tall.
An amusing rubberoid multi- coloured figure of a dapperly dressed DD drinker, set upon
a wooden plinth - the wording telling us it “... works wonders.’ Quite a rare period piece, difficult to acquire. (9/10) NR £60-80+
CHURTONS SCOTCH WHISKY ADVERTISING FIGURE. 10.25ins tall, rubberoid portly gent bottle
& glass in hand stood on oblong plinth ‘CHURTONS/ V.O.B.G./ SCOTCH WHISKY.’ A scarce whisky back bar figure. Some crazing to his head & shoulder area, but overall sound. Very rare. (8.8/10) NR £120-150+
157. LONG JOHN BACK BAR ADVERTISING FIGURE. 10.5ins tall. Well modelled multicoloured rubberoid figure of a peg legged pirate - obligatory parrot on shoulder. LONG JOHN/ SCOTCH/ WHISKY in raised letters to pedestal & barrel. CURZON ENTERPRISES LTD/ LONDON/ ENGLAND to rear. Rare. (9/10) NR £60-80+.
TEACHER’S SCOTCH WHISKY BACK BAR FIGURE. XXins tall. An early rubberoid figure - bit of a tilt - he’s been on the whisky. Cap & gown wearing teacher naturalistically coloured. Rare. (8.5/10) NR £60- 80+
LIP SALVE POT LID & BASE. 1.8ins diam.. Flat topped lid featuring period lady to centre with one word each side of her, complete with thick gold band - one small section missing, on a base - bottom edge flake. Overall rust in crazing & a tiny
DR ZEIMER’S ALEXANDRA TOOTH PASTE SAMPLE SIZE POT LID & BASE. 1.45ins diam. An absolutely delightful mini lid depicting Princess Alexandra dressed in a high neck dress looking to her right. Raised outer edge. A very rare miniature offering indeed - exactly as dug with grime & some rusting etc. Inmanucature flaws to top - zoom
CALVERT’S CARBOLIC TOOTH PASTE SAMPLE SIZE POT LID & BASE. 1.25ins diam. Featuring Cpoailnvteinrtg’saforruorwosut.wma.rdBase has some ingrained dirt in the crazing - easy to clean. Lid has no damages, as good as they get. (9.5/10
C L METCALFE HULL CHERRY TOOTH PASTE SAMPLE POT LID & BASE. 1.2ins diam. A fairly complex/ busy design featuring shield and foliage surrounded by lettering/ instructions/ address etc. Raised outer edge. An exceptionally rare offering - possibly
one of only three examples recorded. Inmanufacture flaw below edge @ 10-o-clock. Again as dug - needs a clean! (9/10) NR £200-300+
nick to edge. (8/10) NR £20-30+
JAME’S TIDMARSH’S RAZOR PASTE POT LID & BASE 1.8ins diam. An unusual small lid arranged as an entire black background but with
LONDON EYE SALVE POT LID & BASE. 2.15ins diam. Flat topped lid with prominent wide rim. ‘DANSON’S/ EYE SALVE/... THE
all the lettering and border decoration picked out in white. A scarce early small
styles. ‘HUMPHREY’S VEGETABLE/ EYE SALVE/... Red Lion Sq. LONDON.’ A very rare offering. (7.5-8/10, should clean up much better?) NR £80-120+
1.8ins diam. Strong black transfer featuring eye in centre surrounded
by radiating lines, lettering, plus a decorative outer border. Not cleaned - as dug. Minute pin head nick to outer edge at 3-o-clock. (9/10) NR £20-30+
GOLDEN EYE OINTMENT POT LID
& BASE. 1.7ins diam. Large detailed central eye image with very decorative/
BRITISH DRUG HOUSES Ltd/....’
& with a black diamond and linear
outer near top. Very fine crazing
with rust in - should clean easily?
Tiny pinhead nick from bottom
£e2d0g-3e0,+fairlyinsignificant.(9/10)NR PRIVATEAUCTIONPREVIEWINGBYAPPOINTMENTONLY
size lid. As dug - apart from rusting no damages to the lid & some base crazing. (9/10) NR £80-120+
in close on easyliveauction.com extra images. (8.5+/10) NR £500-600+
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