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Cookie Tin
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- a) A flat, cream-colored, rectangular tin. The sides of the box show a scene of men riding horses in the country. Both ends are similar to each other, as are front and back. The bottom of the box has a remnant of label with pictures of cookies and 'PEEK FREAN LONDON' printed on one cookie and "PE…
- Manufacturer
- Peek Frean & Co
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MERCHANDISING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Place Of Manufacture
- England
- Start Date
- 1866
- End Date
- 1989
- Period or Date Notes
- Peek Frean & Co started by James Peek & George Frean. Peek Frean & Co. was the first mass producer of biscuits and employed over 3,000 people in its time from when it opened in 1866 to when it closed in the late 80s (1989)
- Description
- a) A flat, cream-colored, rectangular tin. The sides of the box show a scene of men riding horses in the country. Both ends are similar to each other, as are front and back. The bottom of the box has a remnant of label with pictures of cookies and 'PEEK FREAN LONDON' printed on one cookie and "PEEK FRE.. JERS... CREA.. LONDON" printed on another cookie.
b) The push-on lid for the tin with a picture of a jockey in a red and blue jacket with gold trim, white pants, and a black hat. 'GORDON RICHARDS (Champion British Jockey)' is printed on the front edge of the lid.
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Height
- 4.6
- Width
- 16
- Length
- 20
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 1991.82.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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