Untitled
Josiah R Neave and Co
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
Each piece - 235 mm (length); 117 mm (height)
Place of origin
Fordingbridge
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669654
Summary
Three identical copies of an advertisement for Neave's Food for Infants. The cardboard advertisement consists of a printed colour illustration of a sailor wearing a cap reading 'HMS Dreadnaught'. He is seated at a table feeding a baby, with his wife on the other side. On the table is a tin of the product and a bowl. All of the above can be folded out into a three-dimensional model. The caption on the table reads; 'Making a man of him By Using Neave's Food'. Instructions and manufacturing information is printed on the reverse. Total number of items is 3.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs P. Andrews in January 1988.
Marks and inscriptions
On the reverse of the advertisement, in a rectangular box: '[double inverted comma] An excellent food, admirably/ adapted to the wants of infants [double inverted comma]/ Sir Chas. A. Cameron. C.B., M.D./ Neave's/ Food/ Useful Booklet [double inverted comma] Hints about Baby [double inverted comma] free/ Sample for 2d. postage. Mention this card./ JOSIAH R. NEAVE [AMPERSAND] CO. Fordingbridge.'
Makers and roles
Josiah R Neave and Co , maker