Co-operative Wholesale Society - CWS Brush Works "art nouveau" shoe cleaning kit box, c1910
The wonderful CWS (Co-operative Wholesale Society) used to have numerous works and factories to make a wide range of products. Amongst these were the products of the two brush works - at Hunslet in Leeds and Wymondham in Norfolk. In those days brushes were important - for household cleaning - and as here for shoe and boot polishing. This tin contained a set of brushes and various tins of polish. It dates, I suspect, to the period c1900 - 1914 and is wonderfully art-nouveau in style with the poppies framing the relief lettering and panels.
Co-operative Wholesale Society - CWS Brush Works "art nouveau" shoe cleaning kit box, c1910
The wonderful CWS (Co-operative Wholesale Society) used to have numerous works and factories to make a wide range of products. Amongst these were the products of the two brush works - at Hunslet in Leeds and Wymondham in Norfolk. In those days brushes were important - for household cleaning - and as here for shoe and boot polishing. This tin contained a set of brushes and various tins of polish. It dates, I suspect, to the period c1900 - 1914 and is wonderfully art-nouveau in style with the poppies framing the relief lettering and panels.