Vintage Figural Biscuit Tins
Christmas biscuit tin, lithographed, image of Santa with toy sack and brickwork chimney, two tin smoke stacks on top, bottom marked c.1925, 3 in. h. by 3 3/4 in. w., $536.
Before plastic and cardboard packaging, cookies and candies were packaged in metal containers. The tins are often called biscuit tins by collectors (biscuit is what the English call a cookie) even if they held something other than biscuits. The tins could be reused for storage, decoration or a toy. A recent sale by Hartzell’s Auction […]