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A Players Cigarette Tin
John Player founded his tobacco company in the mid-19th Century in Nottingham. It was later expanded into a thriving cigarette factory (based at the Castle Tobacco Factories in Radford, Nottingham, UK) and run by his sons, John Dane Player and William Goodacre Player.
In 1901, in response to competitive threats from the USA, the Player's business was merged in to the Imperial Tobacco Group (headquartered in Bristol, UK and including other companies such as WD & HO Wills). However, Players cigarettes retained their own identity (in brands such as 'Navy Cut', 'No.6', 'John Player Special' and 'Gold Leaf') with their distinctive logo of a smoking sailor in a 'Navy Cut' cap. The tin measures 8cm high and 7cm in diameter.