Lot 235: Large group of Household and Medicine Cabinet items. Includes 26 Geelong Milk bottle wads and plenty of interesting tins and packaging.

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1. Shavene. The Perfect Lather for the Perfect Shave. Edwin Holland Pty Ltd. Hair, Skin & Scalp Specialist. 349 Lt Collins St., Melbourne. 2. Small round wooden box. Label remains: Sarbon Razor Wheel. 3. 18 x Polar Products Geelong; 3 x Modern Dairy, Geelong; 1 x Devonshire Dairy Hepburn Springs; 1 Generic; 1 x McGuinness, East Geelong; 1 x Moore, East Geelong; 1 x Carmichael, Queenscliff. 4. Six labelled Essences from S. E. Dickins Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat. & Country Centres. 5. Label: Brooke's Pure Cochineal. Brooke's Lemos Ltd., Whiteman St., Melbourne. 4/5 Fl Drachms. 6. Pair of Ground Ginger Tins: Harper's and Clifford Love, McKenzie Pty Ltd. 7. Pair of light cardboard packages: McKenzie's Cream of Tartar & Robert Harper Star Mixed Herbs. 8. Cardboard package. Benzadrine Inhaler. Menley & James (Australia) Ltd. 9. Hudson's "Eumenthol" Jujubes. Hudson's Eumenthol Chemical Co. Pty. Ltd. 31 Bay Street, Glebe, Sydney, Australia. 10. Plastine. Various wholesale distributors with well known names around Australia. 11. Four Singleton type pots: S Green 2 Union Place Lambeth; 2 x Singleton's Golden Eye Ointment; Singleton's Eye Ointment. 12. 12 small tins: Gramaphone Needles; Corn Caps; Vestas; Bile Beans. 13. Four Tins: Nyal Huskeys; Laxettes; Vaseline Camphor Ice & Coles Carbolic Tooth Powder. (late Ern Taylor Collection). Household. Various. Various Various. 19th to 20th Century

N/A. (N/A). 1. Stain. Big wear patch down one side. Dirty and grimy. 2. Well the box is great but the labels are just hanging on with some details evident. Ern's note is inside with the original name etc. 3. All very dirty, rough and worn. A variation or two amongst the Polars. Couple of other interesting ones. 4. Some still have contents. Stain, dirt and grime. Decent little group. Caps are very tightly on. 5. What a great little label. Dirt and grime is the main issue. Some contents inside, doesn't appear to leak but there is a risk of leaking and stain if this is posted. 6. Both look decent. Some rust to tops and bases. Stain and general marks. 7. Stain and some sticky tape marks. Small tears and the like. Cream of Tartar still has most of the contents. 8. Some stain. An old price mark on it. A few bends and folds. 9. A bit worn, folded and marked. Solid enough overall. 10. Scratches. Has what looks like contents stain down the sides. Interesing tin. 11. The early S Green one is very chipped. The plain Eye ointment has a small chip. Some stain and marks. 12. Interesting group mostly in good shape. The green His Masters Voice has a damaged front. Rest have scratches, wear and marks. Nice group. 13. Huskeys tin is very rough with lots of stain. Laxettes is an embossed one but worn in the middle. Top of the Vaseline tin is wrecked with some sort of stain but bottom is ok. Coles Carbolic tooth powder is good on top but then rough and worn to the edge of the lid and sides. (Late Ern Taylor Collection) Estimate: $100-200
Large group of Household and Medicine Cabinet items. Includes 26 Geelong Milk bottle wads and plenty of interesting tins and packaging.
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