Patterns of the Month: Advertising

Each month we feature a new pattern from our Pattern and Source Print Database and archive them on these pages by category.

"Dunns Boot & Shoes"
This 7.25 inch plate with a molded alphabet border advertises a shoe store in Wingate, which is located in County Durham in England.

"Perfumers/ R.B. Ede & Co./ London/ Shaving Cream" pot lid,  3.25 inches.  This pattern dates from the late 19th century.   The contents for dental products, food, hair products, shaving cream, soaps and medicinal ointments were commonly sold in a pottery pot with a transfer printed lid until World War I.  Black printed lids were the most common.  This is a particularly detailed pattern, as you can even see the blood dripping from the man's face where he cut it shaving.  Perhaps the pattern is suggesting that the man wasn't using Ede's shaving cream!  For more information about this pattern, see Ede, R.B. in the pattern and source print database.  To see related patterns and to learn more about them,  search Advertising/Shaving Cream and Soaps

William Burgess Tomato Tooth Paste pot lid, 2.9 inches. The toothpaste would have been tomato colored, and not tomato flavored. The lid dates from 1897. Packaging for dental products, food, hair products, shaving cream, soaps and medicinal ointments were commonly in a pottery pot with a transfer printed lid until World War I. Black printed lids were the most common. There are an estimated 10,000 different lid patterns. For more information about this pot lid, see William Burgess Tomato Tooth Paste in the pattern and source print database. For more information about this type of item, see the Advertising category.

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