Pressed metal labels from a commercial cannery c.1870 - sold individually
These funny little tickets are not just metallic-coated paper, they are actually very fine pressed metal. They come from a commercial grocer named Jules Bouchet who was working in the second half of the 19th century in Juillac and who ran a reasonably-sized bottling and canning concern. He was obviously a bit flash, I mean, these are labels for canned peas. Imagine if your pantry was full of rows of bottles with little pressed golden labels like these ones! Clearly it was a marketing ploy but I haven’t seen it repeated elsewhere, probably because it would have cost a mint! I wonder why he went out of business….
These would look fab in a little frame. They are being sold individually. Each one is 8.2cm wide and 4.1cm high. There are 24 in total but one is a bit crumpled. If you wanted more than ten, there will be a 10% discount.
Please click on the photos to open them up full-sized.
To purchase, please contact me.
These funny little tickets are not just metallic-coated paper, they are actually very fine pressed metal. They come from a commercial grocer named Jules Bouchet who was working in the second half of the 19th century in Juillac and who ran a reasonably-sized bottling and canning concern. He was obviously a bit flash, I mean, these are labels for canned peas. Imagine if your pantry was full of rows of bottles with little pressed golden labels like these ones! Clearly it was a marketing ploy but I haven’t seen it repeated elsewhere, probably because it would have cost a mint! I wonder why he went out of business….
These would look fab in a little frame. They are being sold individually. Each one is 8.2cm wide and 4.1cm high. There are 24 in total but one is a bit crumpled. If you wanted more than ten, there will be a 10% discount.
Please click on the photos to open them up full-sized.
To purchase, please contact me.
These funny little tickets are not just metallic-coated paper, they are actually very fine pressed metal. They come from a commercial grocer named Jules Bouchet who was working in the second half of the 19th century in Juillac and who ran a reasonably-sized bottling and canning concern. He was obviously a bit flash, I mean, these are labels for canned peas. Imagine if your pantry was full of rows of bottles with little pressed golden labels like these ones! Clearly it was a marketing ploy but I haven’t seen it repeated elsewhere, probably because it would have cost a mint! I wonder why he went out of business….
These would look fab in a little frame. They are being sold individually. Each one is 8.2cm wide and 4.1cm high. There are 24 in total but one is a bit crumpled. If you wanted more than ten, there will be a 10% discount.
Please click on the photos to open them up full-sized.
To purchase, please contact me.