Hudson Bay Point Blanket Labels

Our earliest is the red label between 1915 and 1920.

Hudson bay point blanket labels.

The main determinants of value include age size colour pattern rarity and condition. We are committed to the preservation education and promotion of hudson s bay company s history and the ongoing care and maintenance of the company s historical hbc corporate art artifact image and reference collections. Genuine point blankets have become very collectible and could fetch prices up to thousands of dollars. An illustrated history of the hudson s bay point blanket.

Top in 1929 hudson s bay company used the gold variant of the seal a4 label on the first runs of their newly introduced line of pastel coloured point blankets. Vintage hudson s bay point blanket label. By the 19th century there was a string of hudson s bay company posts throughout canada. You have reached the maximum number of items allowed in your shopping bag.

The hudson s bay company originated in 1670 as fur trading posts where furs were traded for manufactured goods. The trademark a label above was used by hudson s bay company on its blankets around 1890 and the stacked label below was used from around 1934 1940. Made in england but iconically canadian. The same label but using the more common red embroidery was used during the late1920s on their standard line of point blankets.

Hbc heritage is an internal department of hudson s bay company. Shop hbc point blankets on thebay. Two examples of the many labels used by hbc over the past 115 years. After finishing his first book for the hbc the blanket.

Shop our amazing collection of hbc point blankets online and get free shipping on 99 orders in canada. By the end of the 1800s these posts were converting to retail shops. An illustrated history of the hudson s bay point blanket harold asked me to design his self published definitive work the collector s guide to point blankets of the hudson s bay company and other companies trading in north america. In order to add this item to your shopping bag please remove items to.

Hbc point blanket label since april 2017. Yes the title is a bit of a mouthful but it has become a standard reference for antique.