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| This lovely vintage toffee tin by George W Horner & Co Ltd, definitely has the bow wow WOW factor. Cute little puppy dog and bee picture on the lid with a good luck horseshoe symbol. The bottom of the tin has some of it's orginal paper label with the contents and ingredients content. There is an additional importers label which reads, Imported and Distributed by Alexander - Taylor Inc. Los Angeles California. The tin measures 15.5 cm long by 11.5 cm wide at widest point. In fantastic condition with just a few minor blemishes to the lid. |
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| What a sweetie! Made just for that purpose, this vintage 'Blue Bird' confectionery tin made in England by Harry Vincent Limited is charmingly decorated with well know nursery rhyme characters. Mary had a little lamb, Ride a cock horse, Hey Diddle Diddle, Little Boy Blue to name a few. The tin is shaped and decorated like a pretty country cottage on three sides. Overall in lovely condition with one small scuff on the front of the tin and some slight rust marks to the roof area. The bottom of the tin has the makers name and brand with one stain which looks like varnish. Measuring 13.5 cm wide by 13 cm tall. SOLD |
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| Cadbury's vintage tin produced in 1953 to commemorate the coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Tin is in overall good condition for age, some minor scratching to lid, tarnishing to interior and base has scratching. There is a hinged lid. Tin measures approx 16cm x 12cm. |
£10.00
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| Gorgeous Frears Biscuit tin featuring ponies frolicking in the snow. Lovely images against a pale green background. Tin in overall good condition with some wear to edges and slight scratching due to age (see photos). Hinged lid. Tin measures approx 25cm x 18cm. This would look lovely sitting on some shelves or bookcase - perfect for storing sewing notions, postcards, etc. |
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| Very charming Burton's Biscuit Tin featuring a very pretty little girl and her equally pretty kitten surrounded by pink blossom, couldn't get prettier if you tried! This tin has a hinged lid and has some slight dents to lid and scratches (please see photos). It has also been sellotaped at one time and there are residual tape marks around the lid and base of the tin too. However, this is a very pretty tin that would look perfect on display, standing on some shelves (where the tape marks would not be visible). Perfect for a little girl's room for storing her treasures and secrets or maybe for a sewing room filled with your brightly coloured buttons or threads. Large tin measuring approx 20cm x 24cm x 6cm. Gorgeous! |
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| Beautiful Delft blues decorate this delightful vintage biscuit tin, made by CWS Biscuits. Two sides of the tin depict scenes from the famous paintings The Gleaners and The Angelus by J.F Millet. The name CWS Biscuits is embossed on the base of the tin, which has a handled lid. Measures 15 cm tall by 12 cm wide. In good condition with just a few small surface scratches and a slight dent to the lid of the tin. A lovely and rare tin from this biscuit manufacturer of old. |
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| Sweet retro Pascalls "White Heather" chocolates and truffles tin. Gorgeous candy pink colours, stripey lid and white heather images to the side. Lovely retro graphics. Tin is marked 1lb in size. Measures approx 13cm wide x 8cm high. The chocolates have been eaten we're afraid, but the tin is perfect for storing all those vintage bits and pieces... and would lovely on display. |
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| Lovely vintage Sharps toffee tin, featuring the most gorgeous image of two Blue Tits on the lid perched on twigs full of blossom. Tin bears the Royal Warrant to one side "By Appointment to HM King George VI", and for its age it is in very good vintage condition. Some slight dents to lid and tarnishing to base. Two sides of the tin are decorated with the two birds sitting on the twigs too. Very, very pretty. Approx size 9cm x 13cm. A tin to make you feel very chirpy indeed... SOLD |
£8.00
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| Lovely vintage French tin with marvellous graphics in overall good condition for its age. Perfect tin to stand amongst your enamel ware or grace your kitchen shelves. Predominantly red and green with wonderful vintage graphics on all sides. Measures approx 8cm x 11cm. Tres chic indeed! |
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| A veritable floral feast of a tin - vintage Peek Freans biscuit tin to savour... A Spring floral border that would delight any gardener. This tin is in very good condition and is absolutely bedecked in flowers - forget-me-nots, crocuses, bluebells, daisies to name but a few. Tin measures approx 21cm. What a wonderful addition to your shelves, instant sunshine. |
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| Gorgeous floral vintage Huntley & Palmer's biscuit tin. Lovely posies and sprigs of flowers against a soft apricot background - reminiscent of a stroll round an old fashioned cottage garden. Tin measures approx 16cm x 16cm and has slight wear to it due to age. Sides of tin are also festooned with floral borders - stand back and admire... |
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| Prettily decorated with pansies, this clever tin made by Rowntrees of York in the 1930's has two functions. Originally sold containing Rowntrees confections, when empty this tin transforms in to a little dish by turning the lid upside down and inserting in the slot in the bottom .. Voila .. a perfect bon bons dish. Measuring 18 cm in length. Some surface scratches but overall, in very good condition for it's age. |
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| Very old Macfarlane Lang's tin. Tin decorated with paper labels. We are intrigued by the original contents "Duchess Pears - Afternoon Tea cakes - Pear shaped". Whatever they were, they sound very tempting... Lovely old tin with decorated papers, showings signs of wear and tear commensurate with age. It is not in pristine condition as can be seen from photos with some lettering missing from rear of tin and fading and staining to lid. However, this is a very collectible tin and would look lovely on some old kitchen shelves. Tin measures approx 36cm x 11cm. Makes you feel like you have walked into a very old grocer's shop. Duchess Pears for afternoon tea anyone? |
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| A beautiful early vintage tin from the Huntley & Palmers Ltd factory once based in Reading. The lid and sides of the tin are smothered in vibrant Anemone flowers and this tin would have contained Huntley & Palmers finest selection of assorted biscuits. The factory produced many decorative tins, not to mention biscuits in their day. Measuring 23 x 22 x 12 cm. Little wear overall other than some surface scratches and wear to the lid and edges fo the tin. A wonderful item for the collector. |
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| The tweetest tin! Gorgeous blue budgies sitting on a branch against a backdrop of white campanulas and blue skies... perfect! Very retro indeed. This may not be the oldest tin on the block but it is one of the sweetest. Produced by Cadbury Brothers Limited, Bournville, England. Tin is in overall very good condition. Measures approx 22cm x 24cm. |
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| An exceptionally pretty 1920s hinged lid tin. These are becoming increasingly hard to find, especially in this condition. Wonderful soft muted colours, soft plum background and dove grey and gold flowers, birds and beautiful lady in diaphonous frock. Not only is the lid beautiful but the sides are decorated with floral images too. Overall condition is very good for age, there are some slight scratches, tarnishing to edges and dents (lid is slightly difficult to close) but these are to be expected for the age. Tin measures approx 24cm x 22cm. A 20s gem! |
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| Roll Up! Roll Up! Come and join the fun of the Big Top with this vintage tin. Wonderfully nostalgic image of clown and his string of sausages, a beautiful bareback rider inside The Big Top. Some wear and scratches to lid and dents to lid due to age. Colours are lovely and bright, base is a beautiful glossy red. Measures approx 15cm. Tickets please... |
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| This lovely Victorian Tolework deed tin, must have seen some secrets housed within it over the years. Perfect for love letters, poems, all manner of little snippets of life can be kept in this pretty tin. It has a very fetching floral design stencilled on the lid with. Hinged lid and lock for a key.. but sadly no key! Measuring 24 cm wide, 16.5 cm deep and 9cm high. There is some wear to the edges of the tin and crazing to the design on the lid. A useful place for your little secrets! |
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| Very charming early 1950s vintage biscuit tin made by Crawford & Sons, tin is marked "By Appointment to the Late King George VI". This little boy is off to catch a tiddler or two, sunhat, fishing rod and pail at the ready..., absolutely delightful. Tin has seen better days (please see photos), there are scratches to lid and sides but this does not, in our opinion, detract from its charm. Images to the side are of little fishes and grass. Some tarnishing to interior too. Tin measures approx 17cm x 24cm. Perfect sitting on a shelf, the little boy's smile is so infectious... |
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| Lovely 1950s Frears Biscuit Tin. Image of seagulls and babies on a cliff top overlooking the sea, produced by Frears for Christmas 1956, althought this is not in the least Christmassy... There are some scratches to lid and minor dents (please see photos), it is not pristine but would look lovely on a bathroom shelf. Tin has a hinged lid and sides of tin are decorated in taupe and duck egg blue with little white seagulls all around. Tin measures approx 25cm x 19cm. SOLD |
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| Gorgeous vintage blooms sit on top of this Dainty Dinah Special Assortment tin by George Horner. Delphiniums, auriculas, old fashioned tulips and blowsy roses to name a few... This lovely tin is in very good condition for its age. Tin has a hinged lid and inside the tin still has original paper insert from Dainty Dinah toffees. Tin measures approx 19cm x 12cm. Say it with flowers... |
£12.00
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| Absolutely lovely vintage Burton's Biscuit Tin - beautiful blooms (white bearded irises?) sit on the lid against a lovely eau de nil coloured background. A blue and eau de nil pattern decorates the sides too. Tin has a working hinged lid and is in overall good condition for age, some minor scratching to lid due to age and a tiny dent to one side. This is such a pretty tin and would look gorgeous on display or filled with sewing goodies... Delicious! Measures approx 26cm x 19cm x 6cm approx. |
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| Take one little boy, an upturned barrel, a trusty terrier, a can and a fishing stick... place on a stream and you have a very nostalgic vintage biscuit tin produced by Mcvitie & Price, entitled "The Optimist". A delightful tin which also features images to its side of a little boy fishing with his dog. Tin is showing signs of age, (please see photos) and is not in pristine condition but is lovely nevertheless. This one measures 20cm x 17cm, a good catch... We like to think he landed a tiddler or two... |
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| Delightful Milady Confectionary tin featuring a swan some cygnets on the lid. Tin is in overall good condition with a slight dent to the lid which is hinged. Measuring approx 14cm x 11cm. Lovely! |
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| Lovely vintage Milady Confectionary Tin. Judging by its size, this looks to be a shop counter tin, it measures approx 24cm x 19cm x 10cm. It's a case of "Rule Britannia" with this nautical tin - a painting of the Royal Ship Britannia on the tin lid, whilst the sides of the tin are adorned with wonderful seahorses and silvery waves. The tin is showing signs of its age, scratches to tin lid and sides and some rusting to top edge of tin (please see photos). One side of the tin has also marks from what looks like tape (see photo). However the colours are a beautiful blue, shades of aqua that would look wonderful sitting on some bathroom shelves... Nautical but nice! |
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| This is an absolutely delightful vintage toffee tin from Sharp & Sons. Can you see the shoes on the little boy? Gorgeous! Beautifully bright image in very good condition for age, the tin was produced in early 1950s as it bears the standard "By Appointment to the Late King George VI". Sides of tin are decorated too with a basketwork effect in green. Measures approx 9cm x 13cm - small but very, very sweet! |
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| A very old and charming vintage Wright's Chocolate Biscuit Tin. Tin has original paper covering, depicting a posy of roses and vintage graphics. Because of its age, tin is showing signs of wear and tear. Please see photos as this is by no means in pristine condition. Tears and wear to paper on all sides but it is indeed a wonderful relic, deserving space in somebody's collection or kitchen shelves. Tin measures approx 23cm x 21.5cm. A fading memory from a bygone age... |
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| Gorgeous vintage tin with deer frolicking through the woods on lid. Tin is very old and shows signs of its age, with some scratching and rust spots to lid and base. (please see photos, this is not in pristine condition). Tin measures approx 22cm x 10cm. Very charming. |
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| Well the chocolates may have been eaten but the box remains! Lovely (empty!) vintage chocolate box made by Cadbury's. A 2lb box, now that's a lot of chocolate... A beautiful image of summer lupins and summer flowers in a jug on a sunlit table - chocolate and flowers, now that would have been a treat! Box is in good condition for its age, showing some signs of wear and tear to its edges (no doubt lots of eager hands have been prising the lid off to get to the goodies inside). Box measures approx 26cm x 35cm x 2cm. SOLD |
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| Almost too good for biscuits this lovely vintage tin was made by Huntley & Palmer Biscuits of Reading. The tin is prettily embossed with a bird design to the lid and sides with a lovely cameo centre of an elegant lady wearing a feathered hat. Marked on the base Huntley & Palmer Biscuits, Reading, Huyton (Liverpool) & London, England.Good condition overall with minor scratches to the rim of the tin and slight rust spots in the inside. Measures 19cm diameter x 6cm high. |
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| Gorgeous vintage Thorne's Toffee Tin with a quartet of very cute puppies on lid. In lovely condition with some tarnishing to interior. Measures approx 14cm x 8.5cm x 3cm. Woof woof! Walkies anyone? |
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| Gorgeous "Edward Sharp & Sons" tin featuring a boy feeding two horses in their stable. Very charming scene. This is a large tin measuring approx 17cm x 25cm. Tin is offered in good condition for its age - there are a few minor scratches and tarnishing to lid due to age and the interior and sides are tarnished due to wear and tear. However this does not detract from the charm of this tin and its truly nostalgic image. |
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| Charming 1950s/60s Blue Bird Confectionary tin with lovely image of a little girl cuddling a puppy standing next to her pony. In overall good condition with a few minor scratches only due to age. Hinged lid and blue base, Interior has some tarnishing due to age. Tin measures approx 16cm x 12cm. Fancy some retro farmyard friends of your own? |
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| Lovely glamourous image on this vintage Sharp& Sons tin. Large tin with signs of wear as can be seen from photos, this is not in perfect condition with scratches and wear to lid and sides and interior and a small dent to lid too. Quite a large tin measuring approx 18cm x 26cm. However this is a wonderful tin, very retro and glamourous and the image is wonderful. Oh to be wearing headscarves, nail varnish and that certain smile... |
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| A tin that looks good enough to eat, but made for the consumption of biscuits. Such pretty colours on this basket weave biscuit tin by Huntley & Palmers Ltd of Reading England. A good size to hold all your tea time favourites, measuring 20 cm diameter by 7 cm deep. Some wear to the edges of the tin but this does not spoil the overall pattern and appeal of this attractive item. |
