Transfer printed containers were made in England and sold to many countries where they would be locally filled and distributed. These containers were custom made for small chemists (pharmacies) in England to large, international corporations. One of my favorite pieces in my collection of transfer printed advertising wares is this Millennium Flour container. It was produced by Crown Ducal for millers W. Vernon and Sons who named their mill after their most successful product: Millennium Flour, a flour product which won "The Miller Challenge Cup" in 1899 at the International Bakers Exhibition. Millennium Mills is nestled along the Thames river at The Royal Victoria Docks, the docklands, and was designed and built by William Vernon and Sons in 1905. source Millennium Mills was partially destroyed in 1917 by the Silvertown explosion at Bruner Mond's munitions factory that was manufacturing explosives for Britain's Wor