Butter crate
[1900s-1960s]Four-sided wooden crate with an open top. Each side of the crate is wider at the top than at the base giving a trapezium shape. The crate has been constructed using planks of sycamore of various...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/6/3/1/1/6
Flora Danica butter/margarine crate
[1900s-1960s]Rectangular wooden crate with an open top. The crate has been constructed using planks of wood and the planks are held together with iron nails. There are four iron nail heads protruding from the...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/6/3/1/1/7
Norwegian Blue Cheese crate
[1900s-1960s]Rectangular wooden crate with an open top. The crate has been constructed using planks of wood and the planks are held together with iron nails. The lid of the crate is missing. There are stamped...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/6/3/2/11
Sainsbury's length of twine
1900-1950Length of twine of the kind which would have been used to truss poultry and game.
SA/PKC/PRO/1/9/3/1
Sainsbury's lamb cloth
1900-1960Long bag of knitted cotton used to hold the carcass of a lamb. The front of the tube features the outline of a banner flying from a pole with 'HBMC' printed within it. Below the banner the...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/9/3/4
Bag for turkeys
1900-1950Woven straw shopper bag with two tape handles known as a 'frail'. These bags came in two sizes, small and large, and were delivered to branches before Christmas. Customers who brought a turkey from a...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/9/3/5
[Sugar] (1lb. gross) packaging
[c. 1900s-c. 1950s]SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/2/5/13/1
[Sugar 1lb. gross] packaging
[c. 1900s-c. 1950s]Nothing printed on packet
SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/2/5/13/2
Sugar (1lb. gross) packaging
[c. 1900s-c. 1950s]SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/2/5/13/3
Sugar (2lb. gross) packaging
[c. 1900s-c. 1950s]SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/2/5/13/4
[Sugar] (6lb. gross) packaging
[c. 1900s-c. 1950s]SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/2/5/13/5
Bloater paste jar lid
[1900-1970]Flat circular ceramic lid with a moulded inscription, 'PAN YAN', on the top and a circular moulding on the bottom. The lid has a grey glaze. Pan Yan was a brand of pickle, but the specific connection...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/3/3/40
J. Sainsbury Ltd Selsa Fish Paste jar
[1900-1950]Moulded colourless glass jar for 'Selsa' brand fish paste. The body of the jar is convex and ribbed with a shield-shaped panel. There are moulded inscriptions below the lipof the jar, 'J. SAINSBURY...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/3/3/42
J. Sainsbury Ltd Selsa Paste jar
[1900-1950]Moulded colourless glass jar for "Selsa" brand paste. The body of the jar is convex and ribbed with a shield-shaped panel. There are moulded inscriptions below the lipof the jar, 'J. SAINSBURY LTD...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/14/3/3/43
Letona Standard Quality Sliced Cling Peaches box
1920-1970On one end has the following stenciled on it 'Standard Quality Sliced Cling Peaches' and the other end has 'Pure Preserves Letona Packaged by Leeton Cannery, Leeton, N.S.W. Australia.
SA/PKC/PRO/1/12/3/21
Sainsbury's Delicious Coffee jar
[1930s-1950s]Glass jar with press cap lid containing coffee beans. Label on front of jar reads ' SAINSBURY'S DELICIOUS COFFEE' label on back of jar gives instruction for opening and closing the press cap lid.
SA/PKC/PRO/1/11/3/1/2/1
Mistletoe brand best selected british turkey label
[1930s-1950s]Shield shaped cardboard label with a foil cover. The front of the label contains the following inscription in silver, 'MISTLETOE BRAND BEST SELECTED BRITISH TURKEY' against a blue background. It...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/23/3/1/1
Sainsbury's Pure Coffee tin
[1940s-1950s]The small paper label is generally a feature of packaging during or shortly after the Second World War to save paper. However the label uses the Albertus typeface which suggests a date of late 1940s...
SA/PKC/PRO/1/11/3/1/5