Lot 321: An Assortment of Jacob's, Crawford's, and McVitie's Biscuit Shop Display Tins
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A collection of square tinplate biscuit shop display tins, each featuring a hinged lid with a glass insert. The lids are framed with a blue and gold decorative border carrying the repeated printed text JACOB & COS BISCUITS. The lid frames also bear printed cartouches reading W. & R. JACOB & CO LTD ESTABLISHED 1851 or W. & R. JACOB & CO ESTABLISHED 1851. The tins retain various original commercial paper labels. These include Crawford’s Rover Assorted, Crawford’s Marie, and Crawford’s Milk Chocolate Wholemeal, all noting Estd. 1813 and Edinburgh Liverpool & London. Also present are McVitie & Price’s Ginger Nut Biscuits featuring a stag logo and Registered Trade Mark, and a Jacob’s Biscuits Assorted No. 3 Packets label. One tin has a heavily degraded label for McVitie & Price’s. The interiors are plain metal.
Approximately 9.5 inches square by 9.5 inches high.
Condition report:
All tins exhibit significant age-related wear. The paper labels are heavily degraded with extensive tearing, peeling, staining, and surface losses across all examples (photos 1 and 2). One tin is missing its glass lid insert (photos 2 and 3). There is visible oxidation, surface rust, and tarnish to the metal surfaces, rims, and hinges throughout the collection (photo 1). The glass lids show surface scratching and accumulated grime, with one lid showing a visible crack (photo 3).
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