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Medium:
Offset lithograph on tin
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 16.5 x 16 x 12.2 cm (6 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Type:
metalwork
Decorative Arts
Biscuit tin
Object Name:
Biscuit tin
Made in:
Reading, Berkshire, England
Date:
1906
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Biscuit tin in the form of eight bound books, with hinged lid as marbled pages and edges of book covers; pull tab as bookmark. The sides finished to appear as polychromed tooled leather, the front as book spines with the following titles: "History of England," Pilgrims Progress," "Burns," Pickwick Papers," "Robinson Crusoe," " Gullivers Travels," "Self Help," and "Shakespeare;" all bound with simulated leather strap and buckle.
