Object number
93/9/1-2
Exhibition
Creator
Description
2 biscuit tins with a pattern in silver and gold. Marked 'Huntley & Palmers, Dundee Cake, Reading & London'. Lawrence Family in Reading.
Two circular biscuit tins, painted blue with a decorative pattern in silver and gold. They are both marked 'Huntley & Palmers // Dundee Cake // Reading & London'. They came from the home of the Lawrence Family in Reading.
Physical description
2 tins with lids: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: TINS // Accession number: 93/9/1+2 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 11.8.93 // Description: Two circular tins painted blue with decorative pattern in silver/gold. // Inscription: HUNTLEY & PALMERS // DUNDEE CAKE // READING & LONDON Dimensions: (1) Diameter: 22.0 cm Depth: 8.0 cm // (2) Diameter: 16.5 cm Depth: 8.0 cm // Associated information: These two tins came from the home of the Lawrence family see 93/5. [The Lawrence Family lived at Avebury Square, Reading, until the death of Dorothy Lawrence in the mid-1970s.]’
Production place
Reading, Reading
Production date
1933 - 1957
Object name
Material
Dimensions
- Diameter 220 mm
- Diameter 165 mm
Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16119.tif - High resolution image
