May 09, 2024 - Sale 2668

Sale 2668 - Lot 118

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

T FOR TENNIS / O FOR OXO. Circa 1930s.


25x64½ inches, 63½x163¾ cm. OXO Ltd., London.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; minor creases and abrasions in image. Two-sheets.

Oxo, trademarked in 1899, is a brand of food products, including stock cubes, herbs and spices, dried gravy, and yeast extract; the original product was the beef stock cube. Here, Oxo punnily attempts to associated the longstanding prominence of their brand with the 450 years of Tennis history in England.