Box top label for Christmas crackers
241 x 248mm (9½ x 9¾in)
circa 1920s

Parlour Firework

A stunningly colourful label depicting a young boy, wearing a Guy Fawkes
fancy dress costume, riding a sky rocket against a spectacular display
of glittering fireworks.

Guido

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February - Family Printing Outfit
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November - Parlour Firework
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