Looking for help

Looking for help in getting a price check and some information on this glass bottle/jar with a silver lid by the boots pure drug company made in 1909.

hallmark by Gabriel Popa posted Mar 3, 2022 at 9:57 PM

hallmark by Gabriel Popa posted Mar 3, 2022 at 9:57 PM

Thanks in advance

 

Welcome, Gabriel. Your gallery pictures are set to Private and cannot be seen by anyone but you. Please change them to public.

 

will do

 

i couldn’t figure out how to make the gallery public so i’ve added the photos to a new public gallery.

hallmarks by Gabriel Popa posted Mar 3, 2022 at 10:06 PM

front by Gabriel Popa posted Mar 3, 2022 at 10:06

 

All good now, except that we're not really a "valuation site" unless a member who sees your query happens to have recent experience of selling a comparable item and chooses to share info. It can happen.

Please post measurements. I take it you are located in the UK?

 

yep, it’s 8cm tall with a diameter of around 3.8cm

 

WELCOME @Gabriel Popa!! Except for the main marks, that is ONE WORN LID!!! There are a few Extremely worn very tiny what also look to be marks, but indiscernable!!

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Don't know if it will take away any from the value but the silver top looks to have been harshly scrubbed with some type of abrasive. They aren't even hairlines but look to be bordering on scratches. Always take your time polishing silver with specific silver polish and a super soft cloth or even Qtips.

 

Here is some history of the Boots Pure Drug Company which I'm sure is common knowledge many places however unknown to me here in this part of the US. If I read correctly (but might be wrong) I think the most current version is a Swiss and Walgreen owned company (and I've heard of Walgreens).

https://gracesguide.co.uk/Boots_Pure_Drug_Co

As for it's use and value? Someone will probably know it's use more though I'm guessing a dresser jar of some sort. You might try a good polish with a nice silver polish and see how it looks. Sterling in poor condition can be made to look better with proper refurbishing. Past sales may be easiest way to access value and where yours in this condition might fall. Have you checked eBay completed sales?

 

I have and can’t seem to find anything similar, i have a silver cleaner that i’ll try to use now, i’ll post updates soon.

 

None of these are quite like yours but they are dresser/vanity type jars made roughly the same time period by Boots. They may give you some idea.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Gla...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-of-...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Here it is cleaned, thanks for the help finding similar items.

front cleaned by Gabriel Popa posted Mar 4, 2022 at 2:42 PM

hallmarks cleaned by Gabriel Popa posted Mar 4, 2022 at 2:42 PM

 

And this is from the link @say_it_slowly showed.....can't read the top but from the middle down, you can read a bit of their history or what they provided!


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