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Biscuit Tin
- Material
- METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN
- Description
- a) A round metal biscuit tin with a blue background. Around the sides are pictures of Buckingham Palace, Palace of Holyrood, Windsor Castle, and Westminister Abbey. Between these pictures are the heraldic crests of the commonwealth countries including Sarawak, Singapore, Bermuda, Canada, Australia,…
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MERCHANDISING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- a) A round metal biscuit tin with a blue background. Around the sides are pictures of Buckingham Palace, Palace of Holyrood, Windsor Castle, and Westminister Abbey. Between these pictures are the heraldic crests of the commonwealth countries including Sarawak, Singapore, Bermuda, Canada, Australia, S. Africa, New Zealand, S. Rhodesia, Malta, Jamaica, Gibraltar, and Malaya. Embossed on the bottom of the tin is "MUNTLEY & PALMERS BISCUITS READING & LONDON ENGLAND".
b) The metal push-on lid for the tin. On the top of the lid is a picture of Queen Elizabeth II of England in a blue gown and Prince Philip.
- Narrative
- This tin was created to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.
- Material
- METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN
- Height
- 8.3
- Diameter
- 17.5
- Circumference
- 56
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 1980.165.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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