Lot 377:
Pair Coca-Cola Litho Tin Trays w/ Big Bear 50th Anniversary & Jim Harrison Old Country Store
Description
A pair of rectangular lithographed tin advertising trays produced for The Coca-Cola Company. The first tray is a commemorative piece celebrating the 50th anniversary of Big Bear Supermarkets, founded in Columbus, Ohio. The front features a central illustration of a Haddon Sundblom-style Santa Claus seated on a sleigh before a decorated Christmas tree, holding a glass bottle of Coca-Cola. The imagery is bordered by a champagne-gold frame with printed text. The top border reads 50 YEARS with a Big Bear logo integrated into the zero. The bottom border reads QUALITY SUPERMARKETS SINCE 1934. The reverse side features a full-surface printed company history titled HOW ABOUT THAT BEAR, detailing the grocery chain’s origins and growth. The lower margin includes a copyright notice for The Coca-Cola Company.The second tray features a full-bleed illustration titled The Old Country Store by artist Jim Harrison. The scene depicts a rural white-sided store with a red tin roof and a wrap-around porch shaded by a striped awning. The building is adorned with various Coca-Cola signs reading MEATS, DRINK Coca-Cola, and GROCERIES. The artist’s signature JIM HARRISON is printed in the lower right corner. The reverse side is finished in a mustard yellow color and includes a central Coca-Cola logo above a printed biographical paragraph about Jim Harrison, a seasoned artist from Denmark, South Carolina. The base of the reverse features a printed notice stating COKE brand trays are produced for The Coca-Cola Company, followed by a copyright date of 2000, a manufacture credit reading Made in China – Issued 2001, and a printed barcode.Both trays measure approximately 13 1/8 inches in width. The Jim Harrison tray measures approximately 10 3/4 inches in height.
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