The Good Old Days
Cigarette Tin
ca.1910-1930 (made)
ca.1910-1930 (made)
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Cigarette tin, offset litho printed tinplate, rectangular with rounded corners, the lid hinged along the back, the decoration printed in a pink and gold colourway, the lid decorated with floral and leaf decoration with a banner in the centre beneath a sphinx advertising `MAY BLOSSOM CIGARETTES, with rectangular panels below to the left and right, advertising the producer, `LAMBERT & / BUTLER / LONDON'. The front and back side panels decorated with a succession of medals and the legend: `PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED / LONDON 1851 PARIS 1856 ANTWERP 1885 EDINBURGH 1886 LONDON 1873. The ends have a golden sphinx flanked by the numerals `100' on either side. The interior of the lid has floral decoration and a rolling banners with the legends: `MAY BLOSSOM CIGARETTES' and `TO PRESERVE THE DELICATE / AROMA OF THESE / CHOICE / CIGARETTES / THEY SHOULD BE KEPT IN A COOL / AND DRY PLACE.'
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Good Old Days (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset litho printed tinplate |
| Brief description | Cigarette tin, offset litho printed tinplate advertising `May Blossom' cigarettes, made by Lambert and Butler, England, ca.1910-1930. |
| Physical description | Cigarette tin, offset litho printed tinplate, rectangular with rounded corners, the lid hinged along the back, the decoration printed in a pink and gold colourway, the lid decorated with floral and leaf decoration with a banner in the centre beneath a sphinx advertising `MAY BLOSSOM CIGARETTES, with rectangular panels below to the left and right, advertising the producer, `LAMBERT & / BUTLER / LONDON'. The front and back side panels decorated with a succession of medals and the legend: `PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED / LONDON 1851 PARIS 1856 ANTWERP 1885 EDINBURGH 1886 LONDON 1873. The ends have a golden sphinx flanked by the numerals `100' on either side. The interior of the lid has floral decoration and a rolling banners with the legends: `MAY BLOSSOM CIGARETTES' and `TO PRESERVE THE DELICATE / AROMA OF THESE / CHOICE / CIGARETTES / THEY SHOULD BE KEPT IN A COOL / AND DRY PLACE.' |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | MAY BLOSSOM CIGARETTES / LAMBERT & / BUTLER / LONDON (Printed on the lid.) |
| Production | Advertising Ephemera |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.191-1970 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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