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Album: Pickwick Beer

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Object Details

Designer

Gustav Jensen, Danish, 1898 – 1954

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

On an off-white background, Pickwick, curved upward, is imprinted across in black serif style capitals. Centered directly underneath, the gilt-colored design is composed of Lager, in somewhat smaller capitals, heading a heraldic composition in silhouette; the central image is a crown-and-shield, flanked by a lion and a reindeer, both in profile and standing on the ends of a curved ribbon, labeled 1870 in the center; beer, imprinted in three-dimensional style capitals, is superimposed on the diagonal, rising upward from left to right. Haffenregger, in an ornate black script, is imprinted across beneath the ribbon. The label is bordered in gilt and imprinted in black capitals A Premium Light Dry Lager Beer along the top and with additional product information along the sides and on the bottom.
Album, page 5.

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen Gustav Jensen

Accession Number

1956-47-84-gg

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Ephemera

Type

Ephemera

Dimensions

10 x 8.5 cm (3 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

made in

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48b232bd7-31d2-47f6-a2de-a7aec45f3e5c

Record ID

chndm_1956-47-84-gg

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