Lot 723: Pot Lid. Auguste Horton Crundall, Pate Dentifrice Imperiale. Round. Turquoise and black print. (Melbourne, Victoria)

Very Good. (7.5). Full gold band in place, this has a little wear in places. Small white patch next to H of Tooth where the blue colour has worn. Spot or two of surface rust. Some crazing which is a little discoloured in places. Really little nibbled flake to lower outer flange. A few scratches and minor marks. Comes with what looks like the original base. This has some discoloured crazing and a small dark hairline to base edge. Grading is for lid only. Interestingly, in Auction 20 we sold the full set of four Horton Crundall lids - or so we said at the time! This Pate Dentifrice (tooth paste) round lid was NOT one of those, we had a turquoise Poudre Dentifrice in that auction (tooth powder) and the round pink one only in the way of round examples. This is the first round Tooth Paste we have sold, probably the rarest of these Melbourne lids! Auguste was born in Fitzroy in 1885 to Augustus Horton Crundall - who was a pharmaceutical chemist. In 1911, a death notice reported: HORTON-CRUNDALL, on the 6th April, at King's Arms, Queen-street, Melbourne, Auguste, eldest beloved son of Annie and the late Augustus Horton-Crundall (pharmaceutical chemist), aged 25 years 6 months. His father, Augustus, died in Melbourne on May 11th, 1907. So, was this lid meant to say Augustus, or was it made for his son who is actually named on the lid in Auguste? These are from the 1900s period, maybe 1890s, but they are very unlikely to date to prior to 1885, when it was recorded in print that Augustus and Annie gave birth to Auguste in Melbourne, so it is likely these were made for use in Melbourne, even though it has a French address, it does say Late for the address. Also, the majority of the print is in English, a lid made for French use would not have any English. . Estimate: $500-750