Posts tagged with "Daniel Hanbury"



27. February 2023
Metal advertising sign for Allenburys (爱兰百利) No. 71 throat pastilles ( 第七十一号喉症糖, 消毒润喉), the models long, rolled back hair, with a section of bangs and the art deco style of the illustration dates it to the mid-1920s. From the MOFBA collection.
This beautiful mid-1920s Art Deco style advertisement sign for Allenburys tells the astonishing story of the once wealthiest foreign family of Old Shanghai. They were highly esteemed, with numerous schools, two streets, an office building, and even a coffee house named after them. Yet, their name has almost been forgotten, if it weren’t for the rare artefacts that sometimes still show up in the antique markets and the few remnants of their legacy strewn across the vanishing old city.