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A Rare Surviving Original 19th Century Advertising Poster for Horniman's Pure Tea
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A Rare Surviving Original 19th Century Advertising Poster for Horniman's Pure Tea

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A rare surviving original 19th century advertising poster for Horniman's Pure Tea in a 20th century oak frame. The original tea trading and blending business 'Horniman's Tea Company' was founded in 1826 in Newport, Isle of Wight, by trader John Horniman. As London was the largest tea trading port in the world by the middle of the 19th century, Horniman moved the company there in 1852. Horniman's tea is still sold today.

The poster has some losses to the bottom and a patch middle right. The poster has historically been laid onto linen. There is staining commensurate with age.

Measuring: (frame) 77cm x 62cm

England, c.1890

Physical Dimensions
Height
77cm (30.31")
Width
62cm (24.41")
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Rob Hall Antiques has dated this Victorian Tea Advertising Poster to the 1890s.

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A rare surviving original 19th century advertising poster for Horniman's Pure Tea in a 20th century oak frame.
The original tea trading and blending business 'Horniman's Tea Company' was founded in 1826 in Newport, Isle of Wight, by trader John Horniman.
Rob Hall Antiques

As London was the largest tea trading port in the world by the middle of the 19th century, Horniman moved the company there in 1852. Horniman's tea is still sold today.

fig 1. A framed 19th-century advertising poster for Hornimans Pure Tea featuring Victorian typography and illustrative panels set within a dark wood frame.
fig 1. A Rare Surviving Original 19th Century Advertising Poster for Horniman's Pure Tea

The poster has some losses to the bottom and a patch middle right. The poster has historically been laid onto linen. There is staining commensurate with age.

Measuring: (frame) 77cm x 62cm

England, c.1890

Height
77cm (30.31")
Width
62cm (24.41")
Date of Manufacture

Rob Hall Antiques has dated this Victorian Tea Advertising Poster to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1161606
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Archive I A framed 19th-century advertising poster for Hornimans Pure Tea featuring Victorian typography and illustrative panels set within a dark wood frame.

A Rare Surviving Original 19th Century Advertising Poster for Horniman's Pure Tea

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A framed 19th-century advertising poster for Hornimans Pure Tea featuring Victorian typography and illustrative panels set within a dark wood frame.
A rare surviving original 19th century advertising poster for Horniman's Pure Tea
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A framed 19th-century advertising poster for Hornimans Pure Tea featuring Victorian typography and illustrative panels set within a dark wood frame.
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19th-century commercial posters typically feature intricate typography, detailed lithographic illustrations, and decorative borders. They served as primary promotional materials for domestic goods, reflecting Victorian trade, industrial expansion, and graphic design traditions.

These prints were primarily produced on woven paper using lithography or woodblock printing techniques. Original examples were often mounted on card or framed behind glass in timber mouldings for protection and display.

Authentic prints from this era exhibit characteristic dot-matrix or stipple patterns under magnification from early lithographic methods. They frequently display age-related paper toning, minor foxing, period-correct typography, and publisher imprints along the lower margins.

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