Container
Nestlé
Category
Ephemera
Date
circa 1990 - circa 1999
Materials
Plastic
Measurements
30 mm (Depth); 80 mm (Diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672119
Summary
A circular pink plastic container for Smarties sweets with a detachable lid (not working) that could once have been screwed off. The top has ‘Nestlé Smarties’ embossed across the centre while the bottom has an arrow indicating the direction to twist to undo the container. The container was a produced as a promotional item and is likely to have originally contained some Smarties sweets
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay on 12th March 2019 as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project
Marks and inscriptions
On top: Embossed on top: 'Nestlé Smarties’
Makers and roles
Nestlé, manufacturer