Sold for A$75
Pair of Cold Cream Lids: 1. Pure / Cold Cream / of / Roses for the Skin / Breidenbach & Co / Perfumers / & Distillers of Eau De Colgone / to Her Majesty / Prince Albert & Duchess of Kent / 157. B. New Bond Street / London. 2. Superior / Cold Cream / For Softening & Beautifying / the skin / and Preventing it from Chapping / Patey & Co / Perfumers / late of / 37. Lombard Street / London. Pot Lid Various Small Black & White Pot Lids 68 mm diameter. 1870s-1880s
Breidenbach has a large section of the flange restored. Overpainting disguises the full extent but at least 55 mm around the top edge. Curving fine hairline of similar length through the face. Still displays pretty well. Patey is Good with some crazed and damaged glaze to the lower right quadrant. Fine hairline to the side and underneath. A bit of general crazing. Sticky tape residue around. Good looking pair of more unusual lids. Grade: N/A Estimate: $50 - 70
