Collectible Pot Lids: Graphics and Colors Are Key
Bazin’s Ambrosial Shaving Cream pot lid, X. Bazin, Philadelphia, 1850-1865. Cream pottery with purple transfer showing eagle with banner that reads “Premium Perfumery,” 3 1/2 in. diam., $240.
Pot lids are the covers of small ceramic containers that used to hold salves, balms, hair gels, shaving and cold creams. They were made from the 1840s to the 1910s, originally in England, and later in America. A recent Glass Works auction in Pennsylvania featured about 35 American pot lids. Prices ranged from $144 for […]