Perfume box
Yardley & Co.
Category
Toiletry
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
55 mm (Width) x 20 mm (Depth); 90 mm (Length)
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 740967.1
Summary
Small cream cardboard box with a light blue and gold pattern, as if grass or brush strokes , along the bottom of the box on all four sides. On the front the image of a flower lady and two girls in gold with a black and blue burst design behind, beneath this printed in black and blue alternating words; 'YARDLEY English LAVENDER'. In the top right corner in pencil '7/3'. On the back in black and gold a coat of arms under which is printed in black; 'BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M.QUEEN ELIZABETH II PURVEYORS OF SOAP YARDLEY 33 OLD BOND STREET LONDON ENGLAND'. On the top flap 'YARDLEY MADE IN ENGLAND' and n the bottom flap 'YARDLEY LAVENDER No 7282' in a gold box.
Marks and inscriptions
Front: 'YARDLEY English LAVENDER' Back: 'BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M.QUEEN ELIZABETH II PURVEYORS OF SOAP YARDLEY 33 OLD BOND STREET LONDON ENGLAND' (beneath a crest) Bottom flap.: YARDLEY LAVENDER No 7282 Top flap.: YARDLEY MADE IN ENGLAND Front top right corner.: 7/3 (in pencil)
Makers and roles
Yardley & Co., manufacturer