Manufacturer

Peek Frean & Company

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

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.

Description

a) A round metal cookie tin with pictures of cookies all over the sides. The cookies have white, red, blue, yellow, and brown icing with designs of humans and animals drawn on them. Written on two white cookies in black ink is "MADE BY PEEK, FREAN, & CO. LTD LONDON, ENGLAND". Written on a blue cookies on the bottom of the tin is H.B.&S. LTD. READING, ENGLAND. b) The metal push-on lid with pictures of the same cookies across the top. Written in the centre on a blue background is "BISCUIT AND VITA-WEAT CRISPBREAD MANUFACTURERS BY APPOINTMENT PEEK FREAN'S PLAYBOX REGD BISCUITS".

History Of Use

Used for biscuits

Material

METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN

Height

9.7

Diameter

20

Circumference

64.5

Units Of Measurement

Centimeters

Number Of Parts

2

Accession No.

2016.7.5 a-b

Type of Record

Museum Artifact

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