The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Gowlands Lotion, a half skit note denominated 55, ND (c.1800), serial number 55, advertising Gowlands Lotion, for complexion, sold at 55 Long Acre, London, with a very passable copy of the Bank of England vignette but showing an apothecary in place of Britannia, fine, rare and of Jane Austen fame!
Outing unlisted £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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Gowlands Lotion was so well known at the time that Jane Austen actually mentions it in Persuasion. It purported to be an anti-aging lotion, and Austens character Sir Walter Elliot, a conceited aristocrat, swears by it.