Name/Title
Cigarette TinEntry/Object ID
2014.042.001Description
Light blue Player’s Navy Cut Cigarette tin. Printed image of sailor inside life ring. Oval trademark in top left corner – scratched and difficult to read (image of Nottingham castle: NO???AM CASTLE ???STERED). Background seascape shows lighthouse and promontory on left horizon, sailing ship on horizon on right side, and buoy on lower right side. Gold-coloured inside lid reads “CIGARETTES/ PLAYER’S/ NAVY CUT”, with trade mark in upper left, spit with lighthouse near horizon on left, and image of sailor in life ring. Front reads “Navy Cut Cigarettes” in dark blue on light blue. Sides read “Players”. Back reads “Navy Cut Cigarettes/ MANUFACTURED BY IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO. OF CANADA. LIMITED, MONTREAL CANADA./ SUCCESSOR TO JOHN PLAYER & SONS, ENGLAND”. Bottom gold coloured, reads “Factory No. 6, Port 10 – D./ NOTICE.-The Manufacturer of the Cigarettes/ herein contained has complied with all the requirements/ of the law. Every person is cautioned not to use this/ package for packing Cigarettes again, nor to use the/ stamp, nor the stamped wrappers upon the package,/ under the penalties provided by law in such cases.” Remains of excise sticker on left side.Acquisition
Accession
2014.042Notes
Accession Date: 07-Sep-14Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Holder, CigaretteNomenclature Sub-Class
Smoking & Recreational Drug EquipmentNomenclature Class
Personal GearNomenclature Category
Category 03: Personal ObjectsCreated By
Brunckhurst, EliseCreate Date
November 9, 2014Update Date
March 11, 2026