Manufactured by A.Baker & Co Ltd. Holloway Road , London N7, this brand "King Lear" was introduced in 1902. The factory closed down middle 1921. The firm amalgamated with Finlay & Co,& W B Newman & Co. The other brands manufactured by this firm includes "Nutts", "Blue Stocking", "Houris" etc etc. Cigarette cards from this company can command very high prices. Does anyone have any tins/pkts from this company to share. I am certain AL has the "Blue Stocking" tin!!!!!

bacco 

Heres two tins from your list Bacco , as with many of these early tins the insides are stunning , wouldnt it be great if we could turn them inside out !

cheers

Dan

Hi Bacco,

I have a King Bruce tin I will show you tomorrow if you are in and a Nutts one. Hopefully i will have my PC back tonight so I can upload the pics.

Dan, there is also a King Lear one with a different background colour.

Al.

Hi Dan,

Super "Great Auk" and "Houris" tins. Yes it would be nice if you could turn them inside out as they are great quality. I have posted my "Nutt's" tin which is more common and in reasonable condition.

bacco

Hi Bacco, heres a couple more:

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Hi Cabs,

Nice tins-I like the "Blue Stocking" and the "Houris". That  "Great Auk" looks in great condition and have not come across the small "Vagabond". Thanks for showing.

bacco