Sold for A$360
Cold Cream / Chemists 63. Collins St East Melbourne / (Cornucopia) / Simpson & Davenport. Pot Lid Cold Cream Black print on white lid. 60 mm diameter. 1890s
Excellent. Face is perfect. The underside of the flange above the O of Cold has a glazed over flake chip from manufacture. The outer flange where it meets the base has a very shallow 9 x 3 mm flake. The underside of the flange has a 10 x 1 mm flake with a short hairline coming from it along this bottom edge, on the opposite side of the lid is a chip to the inner edge, 18 x 4 mm. Some fine crazing underneath. This lid does not come with a base. Beautiful pictorial Melbourne lid in great condition, this is quite rare. Grade: 8.1 Estimate: $1000 - 1500
