Regentone (England) / c. 1913
Corporate background:
Perhaps ‘Regentone’ had
business connections with ‘Regent,’ a name which
appeared on other contemporary labels of German manufacture (Playwell, Pickofall),
though the lack of production sophistication suggests a British
origin.
Label scan courtesy of UK music researcher
and collector Bill Dean-Myatt.
Design: An
unusual arrangement, devoid of copyright information,
serial or catalogue numbers or other
details.
Tiny stars are positioned at the
north-south-east-west points and the spindle-hole is punched
through a circle.
The label name, lines of imprinting and the
decoration either side of the spindle-hole are set in exuberant
Victorian-era letterpress type.