Sold for A$960
(Australian Coat of Arms) / Advance Australia / Dr L, L, Smith's / Ointment / Sold by all chemists / and / store keepers throughout / the colonies and at / 19 Bourke St East / Melbourne. (Victoria). Pot Lid. Ointment. Large round white pot lid with black print. No base. 79 mm diameter. 1850s-1860s
Repaired. (0). Lid has been in two or three pieces and has had a professional restoration. Looks to have been repaired through the kangaroo down through the NT of Ointment and in a band down from there through to the ME of Melbourne. Possibly a couple of other touched up areas as well. It is an amazingly good restoration leaving a great example of an extremely significant and early Melbourne pot lid, one of the best pot lids in the country! This is the first we have sold. No base with this. Estimate: $500-750
