Vintage fireworks

WOW! Here is an Original Vintage Star Brand and Leader Sparklers Empty Boxes ACME Brand. The neat 2” by 8 1/4” by 1/2” empty Star Brand Sparklers box is marked on the back: KEEP THE GLOWING WIRE AWAY ...from

A round up of the best vintage illustrations for Fireworks advertising and packaging from all over the world

RWB 1940s WWII Home Front "V for Victory" 4th of July Sparkler Fireworks.

I promised in the blog post "Hallowe'en and Fireworks" that I would show images of vintage firework labels from the book "Firework Art" by Mark Fleming. Firework Art was published in 2005 but he still has a few available if you are interested. Zandra Rhodes, a British fashion designer, was inspired by fireworks graphics and created a line of textiles for Osborne and Little in the 1980s. This image is not from the book but was an advertisement in a 1980s Architectural Digest magazine. Enough…

Read the whole book online at www.archive.org/stream/catalog00lyon#page/n0/mode/2up

This rather fetching poster harks back to pre-decimalisation and to a time before some of the more dangerous pieces were taken out of the equation. If you check out the pictures, there is an aeroplane one, a whirligig and some bangers, all of which have been banned in the UK along with firecrackers for some time now. Our best advice is to ask advice from any specialist retailer rather than a pop-up shop as these are in...

Sal Giudice's appreciation for fireworks dates back more than five decades, with half of that time spent amassing an impressive collection of fireworks and related memorabilia.

Sure to spark some spontaneous conversation is this exceptional collection of 19th century vintage fireworks packaging and labels which were offered by George Moyer at Morphy's auction last year. Moyer began collecting fireworks at the age of ten when he would pick up discarded packaging at fourth of July celebrations. The two day sale of 1300 different lots brought in $438,000. Many of the rarities, considered to be one-of-a-kinds, went for 4 figures each. Fireworks labels, by their very…