Page 6 - Sunday 21 March Auction

8. WIBSEY DR HARDYS SCORBUTIC OINTMENT POT LID.
based on a long-held family recipe and sold by the non-medical merchant Adam
(APL p663, 6) 3ins diam. Black transfer. A. H. HARDY ESQR/ 205 MARKET STREET/ WIBSEY/ NEAR BRADFORD/ YORKSHIRE. Several lines of writing. Dr Hardy’s
Scorbutic Ointment was
Hall Hardy. The ointment was very popular allowing Hardy to leave over £13k in his will when he died
in 1917. Flange scratches. (9.5/10) NR £40-60+
7. BENTINCKS BLISTER CELLADEMA POT LID.
3ins diam. Blue transfer featuring a horses head to centre - with two animals heads each side! Varied lettering between
three borders. This veterinary pot lid was used to package a cure-all for horses and marketed by the maverick proprietor
Harry Bentinck Budd around 1895. He was declared bankrupt in 1899. Blow images up online for close scrutiny. Very rare. (9/10)
NR £250-300+
9. NO NAME SMETHWICK OINTMENT POT LID. (APL p646,. 89a) 3.5ins diam. Black transfer for NO NAME/ OINTMENT/ WHITEHOUSE/ BEARWOOD/ SMETHWICK/ PRICE 2s 9d. This product was retailed in small ceramic pots selling for 1s/11⁄2d whilst a larger amount was sold in lidded
pots at 2/9d. There are three
variations of pot lids
known all depicting
a child-like image
of a house.
Slight surfaces
scratches.
(9.5/10) NR
£40-60+
lines of writing, highly ornate outer. This rare early Holloway’s Ointment lid dates to c.1860 after
10. HOLLOWAY’S OINTMENT POT LID. (APL p527, 80B) 4ins diam. Black veering on brown coloured transfer, several
Thomas Holloway had established a US branch at 80 Maiden Lane, New York.
(9.5/10) NR £120-150+
11. HOLLOWAY’S
OINTMENT POT LID.
(APL p318, 64c) 4.25ins diam.
Black transfer, central pict of
Greek muse, Hygeia, child &
pricing in stone pillar by side. HOLLOWAYS OINTMENT/
TRADE MARK/ 5S 0D. Crazing, minor bottom edge flakes. This
scarce Holloway’s 5s lid is one of the last lids produced by the company post- dating 1915. (9/10) NR £40-60+