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Posted 9 months ago
mustangtony
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These are two 1950 magazine advertisements for Cartier Silverware.
The first is a full page 9 3/4" by 12 3/4" ad for an imported sterling silver tea & coffee set. The second ad is a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" ad for a sterling silver baby set.
Cartier is a high-end French jewelers. They opened a New York retail store in 1904. Silver retailed was generally made by quality American firms and branded with the Cartier mark, or sometimes with the original manufacturer's mark.
AdvertisingFrom colorful Victorian trade cards of the 1870s to the Super Bowl commerci…
Sterling Silver Tea and CoffeeTea arrived in Europe from China in the early 1600s. Despite its associatio…
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