Code: 11660
Dimensions:
"J.S. Fry & Sons Ltd Bicentenary Box"
Art Deco Style Pressed Aluminium Box with Hinged Lid
Made by N.C. Joseph Ltd
Stratford-upon-Avon
England, 1928
Measures:-
11.1 cm deep x 11.1 cm wide x 4.1 cm high
Manufacturer's mark to the base "N.J.C. Ltd / Stratford-On-Avon"
A commemorative box made to mark the bicentenary of the celebrated British chocolate manufacturer J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd. Along with Cadbury's and Rowntree's, Fry's was one of the biggest British confectionery companies at the turn of the last century, all three firms were founded by Quaker families.
Box, aluminium, square with a hinged lid, self shutting by means of a strong spring. The lid is rivetted to the body and decorated in the centre with a raised circular dome which in turn is decorated with a raised symbol and lettering. In the centre, a cocoa tree surmounted on part of a globe with the dates 1728 and 1928 in ribbons on either side. Around the edge are the embossed words `200 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE J.S. FRY & SONS LTD.' The whole enclosed with a circular band of laurel leaves.
Stratford-upon-Avon, made by N.C. Joseph Ltd, 1928.
For an identical box see V&A Museum [CIRC.137-1976]
