Doll's house tin
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
C 1910
Materials
Tin, ink
Measurements
45 x 41 x 41 mm
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1150436.40.3.1
Summary
Miniature biscuit tin. The body of a miniature Rowntree's chocolate biscuit tin from the dolls' house. It is square with a gold-coloured ground and green 'labels' printed on each side. Two opposite sides have a dark green circle with ROWNTREE'S BISCUITS printed around it and CHOCOLATE printed across the middle. One of the other sides reads COCOA & CHOCOLATE MAKERS above the Prince of Wales' feathers above the motto ICH DIEN and below that is printed BY APPOINTMENT TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The fourth side reads COCOA & CHOCOLATE MAKERS above the Royal Coat of Arms of the United kingdom and below that BY APPOINTMENT TO H. M. THE KING.
Marks and inscriptions
On two opposite sides: ROWNTREE'S BISCUITS / CHOCOLATE On one side: COCOA & CHOCOLATE MAKERS / ICH DIEN / BY APPOINTMENT / TO H.R.H.THE PRINCE OF WALES On one side: COCOA & CHOCOLATE MAKERS / BY APPOINTMENT / TO H.R.H.THE KING