Advertising - George Martin (Confectioners) Ltd , Kirby Nott...

Hammer

£55

Advertising - George Martin (Confectioners) Ltd , Kirby Nottinghamshire – a rounded square shop canister, each side printed with a bag of sweets, inscribed Martins Butter Mints, in green on a cream and red ground ,gilt line borders, 28 cm high, 18cm wide; Watson’s Toffee Works, Limited Newcastle Upon Tyne – an early 20th century rounded rectangular retailers’s promotional display tin, Watson’s Rumbuttas 4d. Quarter Pound, printed with a sailor carrying a keg, in tones of blue and red on a sunburst and yellow ground , 24cm high, 17cm wide, 10.5 cm deep; A.S. Wilkin Ltd( The Garen Toffery, Cromona Park) – an early 20th century rounded rectangular confectionery tin, Cremona Diary Cream Toffee, printed with a two – tone drip glazed stoneware jar, inscribed in gilt and black on a red ground , 6cm high , 14.5 cm wide, 8.5 cm deep; another similar, Malted Milk Toffee; Welch & Sons Ltd – rounded rectangular confectionary tin, printed with the Life Guards passing Buckingham Palace, 12cm high, 17cm wide, 3.5cm deep (5)