Nottingham Gallery

Navy Cut: HMS Vanguard, 1940=1960

Player's Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Charles Pears painting of HMS Vanguard dressed for Royal Review. The painting depicts the ship coming into harbour with flags out and planes overhead. Title text: "True to Tradition // PLAYER'S // NAVY CUT // TOBACCO and CIGARETTES"

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England

Navy Cut Medium Cigarettes, 1927

Player's Navy Cut Medium cigarettes pull-out counter card depicting a caricature of a rugby player next to a pack of Medium cigarettes. The text reads "W.W. WAKEFIELD // TWO GREAT // PLAYERS". On the reverse is a stand which allows the lower part of the card to pull forward and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England

Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1927

Player's Navy Cut Tobacco and Cigarettes rectangular, convex counter card depicting a cricket ground. In the foreground is a three-quarter length picture of a cricketer walking away from the field as if he has just finished his innings. He has a bat in his left hand and is raising his cap slightly. There is a signature in the top left hand corner which appears to read "Sep Edw??". The text on the card reads "PLAYER'S // NAVY CUT // TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES // "It's the Tobacco that Counts" // THE NATION'S CHOICE". On the reverse is remnants of a support and a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England