Matchbox [Peter Stuyvesant / Whitbread Round The World Yacht Race]
Maker and role
Bryant and May's Safety Matches, Manufacturer
British American Tobacco, Commissioned by
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Object detail
Accession number
2016.167.49
Description
Matchbook. Cardboard. Box with sliding draw. Front: depicts Peter Stuyversant cigarette packet on blue background with “THE WORLD’S / FASTEST GROWNING / EXTRA MILD”; Back: Depicts the yacht, Ceramco, New Zealand entry in the Whitbread Yacht Race, 1981, on white background with “WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD / YACHT RACE, 1981”. Side: has slogan “THE INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT / TO SMOKING PLEASURE / BRYMAY / (NZ) LTD”. No matches.
Marks
where ever / you are / call for a / LONG LEOPARD Printed
THE WORLD’S / FASTEST GROWNING / EXTRA MILD Printed
WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD / YACHT RACE, 1981 Printed
THE INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT / TO SMOKING PLEASURE / BRYMAY / (NZ) LTD Maker's Mark
THE WORLD’S / FASTEST GROWNING / EXTRA MILD Printed
WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD / YACHT RACE, 1981 Printed
THE INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT / TO SMOKING PLEASURE / BRYMAY / (NZ) LTD Maker's Mark
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Bryant and May's Safety Matches et al. Matchbox [Peter Stuyvesant / Whitbread Round The World Yacht Race], 2016.167.49. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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