Page 11 - Sunday 21 March Auction

30. G. HANDYSIDE SYRUP BOTTLE.
33. BOXED SINGLETONS EYE OINTMENT. 2.25ins diam. familiar footed pot with blue infilled lettering & greased paper cover in original cardboard box - some bends/ damage. (9/10) NR £20-30+
6.5ins tall. Bright blue glass, rectangular body, chamfered corners. Front panel embossed EAISLY DIGESTED/ SYRUP PREPARED BY/ G. HANDYSIDE. Lip flake & surface air
bubble but in truth an exceptional offering - the only reorded such? Click on the Easy Live pics. for close up shots. (9.5/10) NR £300-400+
31. HOLLOWAYS FAMILY OINTMENT POT. 1.5ins tall. Off white body, black/ grey transfer to both sides with claims and the early 244 Strand address. Slight body hairline. A wonderfully characterful and crudely made pot and the very rare early version. (8/10) NR £30-40+
32. HOLLOWAYS OINTMENT POT.
1.5ins tall. Bright white body with crisply struck black transfer - plenty of lines of writing, but also depits the seated lady -
with the so called boob out! (9.5/10) NR £20-30+
ROW’S EMBROCATION
Originally marketed by J Row most mid-19th century adverts are in the name of Richard W Row at Torrington in Devon. It was a veterinary cure for sprains, cuts and wounds in livestock but latter also sold for human use in gout and rheumatism stating: “‘Row’s Embrocation has no longer a place alone in the Stable, but thousands of families now keep it as
an invaluable Embrocation in cases of accident”. Established in 1814 according to the company, there are salt glazed bottles c1830-50with ROWS EMBROCATION and either ‘TORRINGTON’ (earliest used
until c1870) or ‘MARKET PLACE / NEWTON ABBOT’. Adverts of the 1870s state “prepared by S.O. Row” BinL‘jOarBs’BunYtilB1L8O84B. A. Bt tlhoabtbtiyme it is prepared by “Row & Bibbings” at Newton Abbot who specifically state
it is also for human use and that they are now using glass bottles. The firm were declared bankrupt three times in the 19th century but survived. As Edward Row & Co the company, not surprisingly given their livestock reputation, were the longest tenants of the Union Bond Store in Sydney from 1875-1921. The current bottle, with hefty serif embossing and a chunky base is
certainly 19th century.
34. ROWS EMBROCATION BOTTLE. 5.25ins tall. Ice blue glass, square body, rounded shoulders, cross hinged. Embossed ROWS/ EMBROCATION. Inmanufacture (?) tiny burst air bubbles (rust should easy clean out?), minor botton edge nick - click easylive images to blow up. Superb early piece of some considerable rarity. (9/10) NR £80-120+