Sold for A$2,550
Cherry Tooth Paste / Dentists / (Town Crier / Laughing Preacher / Laughing Parson) / 116 Collins Street E. / Simmons and Dwyer. Pot Lid Tooth Paste Multicoloured (Purple background with Black, white & grey plus gold border). Domed tooth paste pot lid. 81 mm diameter. 81 mm diameter. 1880s
Excellent. Gold border is around 70% intact. Lovely colour and very strong print. On the underside of the rim at around 2 o'clock is a 5 x 3 mm chip just through the glaze. The outside of the flange has a shallow 9 x 6 mm chip. There are some very light spots of stain and crazing. Couple of very fine flakes on the inner flange. There is a light scratch over about 30 mm to the face from the edge inwards above the trade mark. Another scratch over about 15 mm which is slightly deeper near the bottom of the trade mark. These are both only seen when the light is reflecting off the surface at the right angle, so not normally visible. Some other light scratches and still some small spots of dirt attached to the surface. This lid has only ever been rinsed in water. One of Australia's classic pictorial lids and a great example. Grade: 8.2 Estimate: $2500 - 3000
