Advert issued by The Metal Box Company Limited, showing packaging for the "St. Martin" brand of Foster Clark Ltd, Maidstone, Kent - 1956
Two for the price of one here - The Metal Box Company Ltd., an early 20th century merger of various packet and box producers and printers, showing their expertise in not just the production of packaging but also the work of their in-house design studios. These jam jars were designed by P Pickard Jenkins MSIA, FRSA. The "St Martin" brand was owned by Foster Clark Ltd., who although based in Maidstone, Kent has works elsewhere including Ely in Cambridgeshire. Founded in c1890 the company made early 'convenience" foods such as powders, baking goods and jams. The brand is no longer in existence in the UK - the company were taken over in 1965 by Brooke Bond Oxo. Amazingly the successor company still trades - now based in Malta.
Advert issued by The Metal Box Company Limited, showing packaging for the "St. Martin" brand of Foster Clark Ltd, Maidstone, Kent - 1956
Two for the price of one here - The Metal Box Company Ltd., an early 20th century merger of various packet and box producers and printers, showing their expertise in not just the production of packaging but also the work of their in-house design studios. These jam jars were designed by P Pickard Jenkins MSIA, FRSA. The "St Martin" brand was owned by Foster Clark Ltd., who although based in Maidstone, Kent has works elsewhere including Ely in Cambridgeshire. Founded in c1890 the company made early 'convenience" foods such as powders, baking goods and jams. The brand is no longer in existence in the UK - the company were taken over in 1965 by Brooke Bond Oxo. Amazingly the successor company still trades - now based in Malta.