Biscuit tin
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
155 mm (width); 108 mm (height)
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Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
NT 665880
Summary
A triangular shaped tin manufactured by 'Huntley and Palmers Biscuits'. The hinged lid is decorated with a picture of a blacksmith with a brown horse inside an embossed triangular shape. 'The Village Blacksmith' is written on the lid. On each of the three sides are colour scenes relating to the life of a blacksmith - in church; striking a horseshoe on an anvil in his forge and two young girls and a young boy standing at the entrance to the forge.
Marks and inscriptions
On the underside of the tin: 'HUNTLEY AND PALMERS READING AND LONDON/ BISCUIT/ MANUFACTURERS'