Lot 214: Whitbread's London Stout Advertising Framed Print

A Whitbread’s London Stout advertising print featuring a cream ground with red serif block lettering for the brand name. The central brewery trademark depicts a hind’s head within a circular border, draped in a wreath of hops and leaves. Below, blue block lettering reads ‘LONDON STOUT’ above the price ‘2/6 DOZ’. To the left is a printed illustration of a dark glass bottle with a label reading ‘WHITBREAD & CO LTD’, ‘LONDON STOUT’, ‘TRADE MARK’ and ‘BREWED & BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD & CO LONDON’. The bottle cap is printed with the text ‘WHITBRE…’. The bottom margin carries the text ‘MATURED IN BOTTLE – NOT CARBONATED’ and a printer’s mark reading ‘EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, LTD. H.M. PRINTERS, LONDON.’. The piece is housed in a dark-stained moulded wooden frame with a gilt inner slip.
26.5 inches wide by 32.5 inches high.