starch box

Wooden box with lid, hinged with metal staples; sides are re-inforced with metal strips on all top corners; the exterior of the lid is plain but the interior has a colour printed paper label : 'COLMAN'S STARCH Mustard Manufacturers to the Queen', the 'Bulls Head' logo and Royal Arms; the front and sides of the box have black stencilled lettering: (front and back) 'Colman's Starch', '1lb BOXES' and 'No 1 LONDON WHITE' (both sides) 'Colman's Blue', 'IN SQUARES OR IN BAGS' and 1lb W'