Manufacturer

Peek, Frean & Co. Ltd

Category

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sub-Category

MERCHANDISING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

Place Of Manufacture

England: London

Start Date

1866

End Date

1989

Period or Date Notes

James Peek & George Frean started the company. 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 rectangular, metal tin. The inside is plain metal but the bottom and sides have a paper covering. The bottom is white with a sticker that says "11 1/4 ozs. NET WEIGHT". The sides have ripped grey and white paper - the top half of the label has been ripped off. Both long sides has the bottom half of a word in blue writing with "PEEK-FREAN & CO LTD." underneath it. Both short sides have "BISCUIT MANUFACTURER LONDON ENGLAND" in blue and white writing. One side has the remains of a sticker with "PEEK, FREAN (CAN)..". B). The metal lid with a paper label on the front. In white lettering on a blue background it says "PEEK FREAN'S PLAY BOX BISCUITS REGD PEEK, FREAN & CO, LTD., LONDON, ENGLAND. Around this are pictures of cookies with white, pink, red, brown, and blue icing. Drawn on them are designs of animals, tea sets, and people.

Narrative

These biscuits had a hard icing on them and each one represented different popular nursery rhymes.

Material

METAL/ALLOY-TIN;

Width

16.6

Length

23

Depth

4.2

Units Of Measurement

Centimeters

Number Of Parts

2

Accession No.

1993.11.21 a-b

Type of Record

Museum Artifact

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