Maritime Collection

Navy Cut: HMS Vanguard, 1940=1960
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Charles Pears painting of HMS Vanguard dressed for Royal Review

Players Please: Sailor, 1955
Players Navy Cut small rectangular counter card. The background is yellow with a cream edge. In the centre is the head and shoulders of a sailor with " H Ms EXCELLENT" on his hatband

Players Please: Female sailor, 1955
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a painting of a blonde female sailor in white shirt and navy tie with naval hat to the left behind her head

The Summons to Surrender (An Incident in the Spanish Armada)
Artist: Cole, George Vicat - Title: The Summons to Surrender (An Incident in the Spanish Armada) - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 191.1 x 306.1

A pause for more pleasure, 1951
Players Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Van Jones painting depicting a lady in a coastal scene holding a lit cigarette with a red bicycle next to her

Navy Cut: Off Greenwich, 1952
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of " Off Greenwich" by Frank H. Mason

Its a way they have in the Navy: HMS Archeron, 1950
Players Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a white submarine with sailors standing to attention on board entering port

One After Another, Players Please, 1956
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of four open packets of 20 Navy Cut Cigarettes Medium standing up domino-style

Navy sailor cut-out, 1954
Players Navy Cut cut-out counter-card of a sailor leaning against a wooden post reading a paper. The sailor wears full navy coloured naval uniform

HMS Swiftsure
Artist: Sailmaker, Isaac - Title: HMS Swiftsure - Date: 1675-1680 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 95.3 x 139.1

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1920
Players Navy Mixture tobacco counter card in the form of a stylised tower or possibly a lighthouse with packs of tobacco at the base (like rocks?)

Navy Cut: Night Moorings, 1952
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of " Night Moorings" by Charles Pears

The Sailor, 1950
Players Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of the Navy Cut sailor with " HMS EXCELLENT" written on his cap

Players means Quality, 1960
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes counter-card featuring a colour illustration of a man from the chest up smoking a pipe

Kings Stairs, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1956
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of David Cobbs illustration: Kings Stairs Portsmouth Dockyard

Landscape with a Windmill, St Malo, France - James Collinson
Oil on Canvas 35.6 x 51.4

Navy Cut mixed brands, 1922
Players Navy Cut tobacco counter card in the form of a rectangular black panel in a gold surround in a classical design. There are packs of Medium, Gold Leaf

Navy Cut tobacco, 1924=25
Players Navy Cut tobacco pull-out card. The top section features the head of a grey-haired man. He is wearing a wing collar and bow tie and smoking a pipe

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1922
Players Navy Mixture tobacco fold-out counter card in three sections in the form of a picture frame or dressing mirror. The general background is printed to resemble wood grain

Navy Mixture tobacco, 1917=1921
Players Navy Mixture tobacco pull-forward counter card. The rear section shows a table or counter with packs of Navy Mixture tobacco on and below it

Players Please: Aircraft carrier, 1946
Players Please rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of William McDowells painting of an aircraft carrier cutting through the waves with RAF aircraft support

Whatever the pleasure, Players complete it, 1959
Players Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of a painting of a gentleman in navy jumper and brown flat cap holding a pipe next to a blonde haired woman in yellow jumper

Players means quality, 1959=1960
Players Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring an illustration of a grey and white haird gentleman on a boat smoking a pipe looking to top left corner

True to tradition, Players Please, 1958
Players Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of W. Howard Jarvis painting of HMS Girdle Ness escorted by anit-submarine frigates of the Blackwood

Falmouth for Orders, 1958
Players Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Falmouth for Orders. The painting shows a large white and yellow ship

Players Please: From start to finish, 1957
Players Navy Cut rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of David Cobbs painting showing two yachts braving rough seas

Fisherfolk - Edwin Ellis
Oil on Canvas 45.7 x 91.4

The Lobster Pots - Edwin Ellis
Oil on Canvas 45.7 x 83.8

Unloading the Catch - Edwin Ellis
Oil on Canvas 45.7 x 81.3

The Shipwreck, by Paul Sandby
A woman is standing on the shore at the right, with her arm raised to her head. Waves are crashing and the shipwreck can be seen to the left

Navy Cut De Luxe, 1929=30
Players Navy Cut De Luxe tobacco counter card in the shape of a banner, with a white background and rope edging in gold and purple. Centre, top is a copy of the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark

Famous for quality: Players Please, 1958
Players Navy Cut small rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of a W. Howard Jarvis painting of small naval vessels passing large harbour markers

Medium Navy Cut: Yachting, 1953
Players Medium Navy Cut Tobacco rectangular covered counter-card featuring a reproduction of John Leigh-Pembertons painting of people at the seaside with ships in the harbour behind

Coast Scene with Figures and Boats
Artist: Clint, George - Title: Coast Scene with Figures and Boats - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Wood 19.1 x 26.7

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