British, probably 19th century, 22 lids, toiletry products including pomade for hair growth, cherry toothpaste, cold cream, one patented preserves jar cover in gold Bristol glaze, impressed documentation, largest 4 in.Literature: Ivor Noël Hume, If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 2,000 Years of British Household Pottery, Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation and New England Press, 2001, pages 301, 324, ill.; Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities
Condition
wear consistent with age and use, chips, scratches, crazing, four incomplete/broken lids