{"id":26083,"date":"2018-07-10T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/?p=26083"},"modified":"2018-07-08T16:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T15:15:14","slug":"community-cutlery-adverts-1952-1953-illustratrated-by-jon-whitcomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/community-cutlery-adverts-1952-1953-illustratrated-by-jon-whitcomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Community ~ Cutlery Adverts [1952-1953] Illustratrated by Jon Whitcomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;She&#8217;s in love&#8230; and she loves Community.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>This illustrated ad campaign for<strong> Community <\/strong>silverplate cutlery ran from late 1952 and throughout 1953. The artwork was by <strong>Jon Whitcomb<\/strong> and featured young married women daydreaming about their new cutlery.<\/p>\n<p>The four spoons shown in each image were from the sets <strong>Coronation<\/strong>, <strong>Lady Hamilton<\/strong>, <strong>Morning Star<\/strong>, <strong>Evening Star<\/strong> and the new <strong>White Orchid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;And she doesn&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fun to be a slowpoke!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26083 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Community-1953-Life-08-Feb-23-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26085\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26085'>\n\t\t\t\t1952\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Community-1952-Life-42-Oct-20-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26084\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26084'>\n\t\t\t\t1953\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<div class=\"google-content\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4258812866305862\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9216860104\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;&#8221;No slowpoke collecting for Ann &#8211; she wants her service <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">complete<\/span>!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-26083 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Community-1953-Life-12-Mar-23-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26086\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26086'>\n\t\t\t\t1953\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Community-1953-Life-35-Aug-31-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26087\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26087'>\n\t\t\t\t1953\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Community-1953-Life-42-Oct-19-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26088\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26088'>\n\t\t\t\t1953\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Community-1953-Life-48-Nov-30-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26089\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26089'>\n\t\t\t\t1953\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><strong>White Orchid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not part of the ad campaign above, these two ads were just for the new White Orchid range.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-26083 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Community-1952-Life-35-Sep-1-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-26102\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-26102'>\n\t\t\t\t1952\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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