TWO HUNTLEY & PAPMER BISCUIT TINS TOGETHER WITH A W. CRAWFORD LT. TIN
First H & P “ STATIONARY CASE” manufactured by Huntley & Boorne & Stevens. Hinged lid . This fine box , with simulated green leather and gold tooled decorations, is far more restrained than the earlier Jacob & Co. version.
40,000 copies were issued in 1908.
Height 7 in.
Second William Crawford and Sons, Edinburgh and London, Polychromed Biscuit Tin, 1938, the tin imaginatively painted to resemble a Georgian burl-inlaid satinwood tea caddy, fully signed on the base,A very successful container with rather distinguished simulation of a late 18th century inlaid wood tea caddy.
Height 6 in., Width 6 in., Depth 3 1/2 in.
And “Marquetry “ hinged lid tin Manufactured by Huntley, Boorne & Stevens.45,000 copies were made in 1906.
Height 1 ½ in. Length 6 ½ in., Depth 6 ½ in.

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