Object number
2012/402
Creator
Description
Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin with text and floral swirls. Tin by Huntley, Boorne and Stevens Ltd in 1930.
Huntley & Palmers rectanglar shaped biscuit tin with text and floral swirls. The tin was made by Huntley, Boorne and Stevens Ltd in 1930. This small sample tin doesn't state what biscuits it contained.
Physical description
Tin plated steel with hinged lid
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note – Huntley and Palmer Biscuit tins Dep. by Jim Edwards 9 Nov 1976 [verso] Section of the lid of cardboard box in which the Huntley and Palmer biscuit tins were found in 2012., MERL Miscellaneous note - This object is a similar tin to REDMG : 1992.2.252, which is held within the Huntley and Palmers collection in Reading Museum. [print out from Reading Museum Collections Online website)
Production place
Reading, Reading
Production date
1930 - 1930
Object name
Material
Dimensions
- Height 37 mm
- Length 143 mm
- Width 79 mm
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