Food tin
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1939 (circa) - 1945 (circa)
Materials
Metal and paper
Measurements
87 mm (Height); 67 mm (Diameter)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 939708.2.6
Summary
Cylindrical metal tin with a white, black, gold and yellow label advertising Chivers' Strawberry Jam, Chivers & Sons Ltd., Histon, Cambridge; part of a collection of food tins and packages contained in (b) rectangular cardboard box with lid, Prisoners' Parcels, British Red Cross & Order of St. John War Organisation. This is a Second World War Christmas parcel, destined for prisoners of war. It is believed to be a replica, albeit a historic one, because the tins and packages are unopened and the chocolate wrapper is stamped 'DUMMY'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).