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VINTAGE ADVERTISING POT NO LID F W HALE COVENT GARDEN
| Seller: thetrumpetminchinhampton ( 2945 ) End Time: 2008-07-14 12:33:43 GMT Bids: 8 Current Price: GBP 8.77 Location: Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire Time Left: 0 Seconds |  | | For More Details: Click here |
This is a nice little medical pot. "Nature's herbal ointment price 2s 9d per pot. Directions- In all pulmonary complaints, soreness of the chest and lungs, sore throat, neuralgia, rheumatism, croup in children, severe pains in the stomach, spinal disease, epilepsy, or fits, affections of the heart and liver &c. The ointment must be perseveringly applied externally and well rubbed in with the bare hand to the part affected where it should be allowed to remain until entirely absorbed. For corrupt sores of longstanding such such as ulcers and tumours of a scrofulous character, the ointment should be spread upon a piece of linen or cotton of sufficient size to cover both the wound and surrounding inflammation and renewed daily, Address Fredk w Hale 61 Chandos St Covent Garden London".
One can't help wondering why there has been any further medical research if this stuff really was as good as the jar claims!!! 2.75 inches high. nearly 2 inches diameter, hairline crack down one side. Impressed mark "86" or is it "98"to base. Unusual, no lid, if it ever had one in the beginning.
We are; Mick and Fanny Wright of The Trumpet Antiques Shop, 37-39, West End, Minchinhampton, Stroud, Glos. GL6 9JA. Telephone 01453 883027. This is the address and telephone number to which cheque payments should be sent and credit card payments made. The shop is open wed to sat 10.30 to 5.30, but we live on the premises, so are often available at other times too. 100 miles west of London. 5 Miles from Tetbury. 25 Miles from Bath. 20 miles from Cheltenham.
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