Award yourself a shilling C.D.M.

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Artist/Maker	Young & Rubicam (advertising agency) Oxley, Rosie (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

Colour offset lithograph poster advertising Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate. Showing a military-style medal (on a purple and white ribbon) created from a one shilling coin, with the text 'Award yourself a shilling C.D.M.' lettered below in black. All against a white background.

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Categories	Advertising Prints Eating Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Award yourself a shilling C.D.M.
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	'Award yourself a shilling C.D.M'. Colour offset lithograph poster advertising Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate. Designed by Rosie Oxley and produced by the advertising agency Young & Rubicam Ltd., Great Britain, ca.1968.
Physical description	Colour offset lithograph poster advertising Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate. Showing a military-style medal (on a purple and white ribbon) created from a one shilling coin, with the text 'Award yourself a shilling C.D.M.' lettered below in black. All against a white background.
Dimensions	Height: 50.5cm Width: 33.5cm Measurements taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions	'Award yourself / a shilling C.D.M.' (Text of design, lettered below the image.)
Subjects depicted	Shilling Medal Ribbon
Bibliographic reference	Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number	29/C8 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.374-1982

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O548422/award-yourself-a-shilling-cdm-poster-oxley-rosie/

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