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 Tobacco and Cigarettes, 1923=24

Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes and Tobacco rectangular counter card featuring an aerial photograph of the Player's factory in Radford. There is a small white label in the top right hand corner which reads "CAT59" and a hand-written note which reads "1925". The text on the card reads "SMOKE // PLAYER'S NAVY CUT // Tobacco & Cigarettes // The above picture is // AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF PLAYER'S TOBACCO FACTORY, NOTTINGHAM, WHERE MORE THAN 4, 500 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED." On the reverse is the remnants of a support. There is a hand-written note which reads "C128" 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