Brooch
Brooch
ca.1950-1960 (made)
ca.1950-1960 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This logo, designed by Max Field Bush in 1936 and used extensively in Spratts advertising was adapted to form a piece of jewellery in the 1950s and given away by the company on the submission of a number of tokens gathered from the packaging of Spratt's products.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Brooch (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Chromed metal, enamelled. |
| Brief description | Brooch, chromed metal, enamelled, advertising Spratt's cat food, Birmingham, made by Marples and Beasley, ca.1950-1960. |
| Physical description | Brooch, chromed metal, enamelled with the letters SPRATTS formed into the calligram of a cat. The technique of using letter forms to create the shape of an object is known as a calligram. Pin on the reverse. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | SPRATTS (The letters formed to shape the outine of a cat.) |
| Production | Advertising Ephemera |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This logo, designed by Max Field Bush in 1936 and used extensively in Spratts advertising was adapted to form a piece of jewellery in the 1950s and given away by the company on the submission of a number of tokens gathered from the packaging of Spratt's products. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.332-1976 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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