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Collectors would call these "hinged-lid biscuit tins," two of the thousands
of different designs that began appearing in the 1860s. Above left: a
Dunmore & Sons tin from the late 1880s. Below: a tin produced
in 1896 by McVitie & Price, an Edinburgh biscuit company, which was probably
intended to commemorate the life and work of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who died
that year. It was also intended, of course, to help sell biscuits, though
consumers were not expected to see anything ironic about the placement of a
slave auction on the front of the tin. You can see enlargements of the sides
and top of the second tin below:
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