Phillumeny
The label gallery
4,800 matchbox labels from a century of small, loud art. Every plate the works ever cut, and many it never did.
The works kept every plate it ever cut. When rival makers folded, the family bought their archives at auction, partly from sentiment and partly, Hild admitted, from acquisitiveness. What hangs in the Striking Gallery is the result: swimmers, liners, racing cars, pantomime cows, and one hedgehog nobody will explain.
The Moritz era · 1902–1925
TWELVE
BELLRINGER1902–1925 · plate 177
Cut 1902–1925 · hand-stencilled
GLASS1902–1925 · plate 178
Cut 1902–1925 · letterpress
PAINTER1902–1925 · plate 179
Cut 1902–1925 · flatbed litho
KIND
COLLIE1902–1925 · plate 180
Cut 1902–1925 · hand-stencilled
OIL
EXTRA1902–1925 · plate 181
Cut 1902–1925 · two-colour litho
BRAVE
SWIMMER1902–1925 · plate 182
Cut 1902–1925 · letterpress
PLOUGH1902–1925 · plate 183
Cut 1902–1925 · flatbed litho
CAMP1902–1925 · plate 184
Cut 1902–1925 · flatbed litho
The Hild era · 1926–1955
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GLASS1926–1955 · plate 261
Cut 1926–1955 · letterpress
BRAVE
SWIMMER1926–1955 · plate 262
Cut 1926–1955 · letterpress
HOME1926–1955 · plate 263
Cut 1926–1955 · two-colour litho
PAINTER1926–1955 · plate 264
Cut 1926–1955 · hand-stencilled
TEA
ROOM1926–1955 · plate 265
Cut 1926–1955 · flatbed litho
OIL
EXTRA1926–1955 · plate 266
Cut 1926–1955 · letterpress
CAMP1926–1955 · plate 267
Cut 1926–1955 · hand-stencilled
LIGHT
ALE1926–1955 · plate 268
Cut 1926–1955 · flatbed litho
The Piet era · 1956–1989
PAINTER1956–1989 · plate 359
Cut 1956–1989 · flatbed litho
BRAVE
SWIMMER1956–1989 · plate 360
Cut 1956–1989 · hand-stencilled
SPINNER1956–1989 · plate 361
Cut 1956–1989 · two-colour litho
REGATTA1956–1989 · plate 362
Cut 1956–1989 · hand-stencilled
WALKS1956–1989 · plate 363
Cut 1956–1989 · hand-stencilled
TIDY
KITCHEN1956–1989 · plate 364
Cut 1956–1989 · hand-stencilled
CAMP1956–1989 · plate 365
Cut 1956–1989 · letterpress
PLOUGH1956–1989 · plate 366
Cut 1956–1989 · flatbed litho