Object number
2012/413
Title
Marble,
Creator
Description
Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin, Statuary/Marble decorated with a marble effect and embossed female Greek style statues on all four sides.
Statuary/Marble, Rectangular plinth shaped tin with hinged lid, decorated with a marble effect and embossed female Greek style statues on all four sides. Reverse colour scheme to 2012/412. The biscuits were made by Huntley and Palmers and the tin was made by Huntley, Boorne & Stevens in 1909.
Physical description
Tin plated steel with four sides and 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 : 1992.2.172, 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
1909 - 1909
Object name
Material
Dimensions
- Height 185 mm
- Length 130 mm
- Width 130 mm
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