Sold for A$430
Imperial / Shaving Cream / Prepared only by / Frank Ltd. / 3 Piccadilly Circus / London, W. (United Kingdom). Sample/Miniature. Pot Lid. TINY, MINISCULE, MAGNOSCOPIC pot lid, WITH BASE! The World's smallest lid! 12 mm across. 20th century
Near Mint. (9.3). Tiny! As in world's tiniest pot lid tiny! As in, the writing is that small in places I am not sure I have the details correct. Some grime and looks like rust in places. Blu-Tak under lid to keep it attached to the base. Print is overglaze and in fine condition. Gold leaf is great. This is simply amazing! Looks like a dug item with the rust, mind you, I doubt this was dug, it is too small! The vendor suggested it is later 1900s, I searched the internet and cannot find any others out there, so regardless of how old, it certainly is not at all common and remains a super impressive item. Just to reiterate, this is 12 mm across! The Piccadilly Circus (I think) writing is about 1/3 of a millimetre high - YES 0.3 millimetres roughly!. Estimate: $200-300
