Page 34 - Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th October Auction catalogue

735. LONDON PERFUME TYPE BOTTLE. 6.6ins tall, c.1850. Delightful turqiouse glass shapely, bottle - basically a rectangular medicine shape with indented panels and a bulb in the long neck. Impressed to front panel ‘Hendrie/ Tichborne.’ Possibly unique in this
colour/ type? Exc/A1 (9.8/10) NR £150-200+
Lewis Hendrie (died 1797) was London ‘Comb Maker in Ordinary To Their Majesties’, and Perfumer to the Princess Royal, Princess Augusta, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Mary, &
Princess Sophia‘ (see Bill-head in Heal Collection). He was at the King’s Arms, middle of Shug Lane, near Golden Square where he also sold Bears Grease. His sons Lewis Jnr who
died 1804 and Robert born in 1778 were at No.12, Tichborne Street (as Shrug Lane had become) by 1801. Robert’s daughter Harriet was also part of the business which continued
to trade through the 19th century. Trade cards held by the British Museum advertise their “Purified Windsor Soap”.
The current bottle is certainly a perfume related bottle. Similar shapes in clear glass are described as lavender or rose water and are often pontilled. This example is not but probably still dates around 1850. Hendrie’s clearly sold
around the country with, for instance, William Piper of Exeter trumpeting the arrival of his Eau de Cologne and latest products in the 1830’s. Given it is in an unusual shade of turquoise something a little more unusual such as their ‘Arquebusadwe Water’ (advertised from 1806) or ‘Milk of Elderflower (1833) is likely. Robert died in 1862 but the business continued after fighting off a hostile
bid from the firm of Osborne, Bauer & Cheeseman who attempted to steal the name.
736. SALT GLAZE BIRD WHISTLE.
A few minor flakes (off edge of branch) but overall a great survivor and it actually whistles, clearly, as well! (9/10) NR £40-60+
2.75ins tall. Dark brown shiny glaze, in the form of a bird, good feather detailing, upon a branch. A very rarely seen mid Victorian
737. SALT GLAZE LONDON FLASK DUO. Tallest 8.25ins. T.t, impressed
‘C. PITCHARD/... DEPTFORD’ - 5
lines of writing, plus ‘DISTILLERY/... Bishopsgate Without’ - 3 lines. Both have some damages, one reglued - see extra images on easyliveauction.com. Still both early & rare lozenge shaped flasks. (2) (6/10) NR £80-120+
novelty item.
Watlings Pic-Nic Pork Pie advertising tile.
William Watling of 18 Brewer Street in Pimlico advertised his veal and ham pies as early as 1857 in the Morning advertiser. The Pic-
Nic name is a trade title and they probably had no
added preservatives since they requested customers
Heading the plaque is the notice they supplied ‘The Crystal Palace Company’. This was established by the Palaces architect Joseph Paxton in 1851 and it was this entity that bought it when conservative
residents near Hyde Park demanded that
“change for fresh pies, any they had from the day
preceding”. There was also a Pic-Nic sauce to go
with them. The word picnic comes from the French
pique-nique (earliest usage 1692) meaning a group
of people dining in a restaurant who brought their
own wine. In Britain Lord Chesterfield was first to
have a picnic I 1748. Although he sold to the public
Watling supplied wholesale to railway refreshment
rooms, hotels and confectioners from carts sent out
daily to all parts of London. In 1887 they advertised that their factory was open to inspection by all.
the “transparent humbug ... a bauble” be
demolished. It was removed to Sydenham where
it re-opened in 1854 as what amounted to a
theme park and where Watling was supplier.
The Crystal Palace Company was successful
for many years but filed for bankruptcy in 1909.
Tiny lettering to the bottom of the plaque’s
framed area says ‘G.BOWATER, 12 KING St
WHITEHALL’. Bowater was a licenced victualler’s glass, earthenware and bottle manufacturer established in 1836 at Oakley Street off Westminster Road with outlets at King Street and Crown Street in Whitehall until at least 1880.
18 Pimlico St