12-18-201412-18-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
December 18, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Large Collection of Vintage Advertising Tins

Sell one like this
$800$650
Auction: Discovery - 2773MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: December 18, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Large Collection of Vintage Advertising Tins, including a Callard & Bowser's Dinosaur Butterscotch tin, a vasiform tin with a molded Egyptian scene; a casket-form Imperial Tobacco Co. Players Navy Cut tin, a Macfarlane Lang & Co. tin with pincushion top, a William Crawford & Sons biscuit tin depicting a circus cage, a Christmas box from the Tin Decorating Company of Baltimore, a Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin with simulated burl sides, an Oatgake's McVitie & Price wafer tin depicting molded scenes from the Crimea, Afghanistan, and the Indian mutiny, a Ginna & Co. tea canister depicting the USS Chicago, a Benson's candy tin depicting the HMS Queen Mary, and many others.
Estimate $600-800


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