Set of Six Silver Sandwich Markers / Labels by Adolph Scott Birmingham 1928

Set of six silver sandwich labels by Adolph Scott Birmingham 1928. Extra labels for other sandwich fillings. Each stick hallmarked and stamped with Registration No. 742069. In original box.

Charming throwback to the days of triangular white cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off.

The sandwich is named after its supposed inventor, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Initially perceived as food that men shared while gaming and drinking at night, the sandwich slowly began appearing in polite society as a late-night meal among the aristocracy. The sandwich‘s popularity in Spain and England increased dramatically during the nineteenth century, when the rise of industrial society and the working classes made fast, portable, and inexpensive meals essential. In London, for example, at least seventy street vendors were selling ham sandwiches by 1850.