Tea card
Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and cardboard
Measurements
Each piece (min) - 68 mm (length); 37 mm (width); 22 mm (height), Each piece (max) - 68 mm (length); 237 mm (width); 174 mm (height)
Place of origin
Leon House, High Street
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666890
Summary
A collection of paper scraps of various subjects including figures, landscapes, animals, birds, insects, flags, ships and flowers. Some are black and white, while others are coloured. There is also a collection of cards from a series of fifty in the 'Inventors and Inventions' series produced by Brooke Bond Tea. Each has a colour printed illustration on one side and a corresponding printed text on the reverse. Total number of items is 50.
Marks and inscriptions
At the bottom of the reverse of each card: 'Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, Leon House,/ High Street, Croydon CR9 1JQ, Surrey/ CARDS ISSUED WITH ALL BROOKE BOND TEA AND TEA BAGS'
Makers and roles
Brooke Bond Oxo Ltd, maker