Antique Advertising - Huntley & Palmer Biscuit Tin Artist Palette Shape c.1900
Circa 1900
A great collectors item, this Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin is shaped like an artists paint palette.
Decorated with a colourful lithograph showing a boy playing a hurdy-gurdy with an Italian landscape scene resembling Naples and Mount Vesuvius in the background. The includes raised, moulded metal paintbrushes attached near the top edge.
From an era when the presentation of food was juts as important as the quality of product inside.
Customers would have bought this tin to either gift or keep themselves. After enjoying the biscuit content, the tin would have been proudly displayed in a kitchen or pantry.
A great item for collectors of antique advertising, advertising biscuit tins and kitchenalia items. Ideal to display and add charm and character to any interior.
Dimensions: 19.5cm x 25cm x Height 5.5cm
Condition: Good lithograph clear top. Hinges in good order. Minor loss around the edges. Wear to the inside and base typical of age.
