Any Jane Austen fans out there?
We’ve got the perfect vintage biscuit tin for you!!
Dating from the 1950s and made by A.Romary & Co Ltd from Tunbridge Wells, it’s decorated with Georgian dandies doffing their hats to the coquettish ladies riding atop their horse drawn carriage – all in their period finery.
So settle back with your chocolate digestives for the next episode of Pride & Prejudice – perhaps you could even tempt your own Mr Darcy round for tea & biscuits!
This fabulous vintage biscuit jar featured in our recent ‘Forthcoming Attractions: mid-June’ post.
What an amazing, psychedelic landscape!
The range is called Country Lane and it was designed by Robin Cody for Crown Devon Pottery.
There’s something very homely and comforting about a nice biscuit container – especially a full one!! The smell when you open it up and the treats held within!
We’re currently using tins designed by Sanna Annuka for Marks & Spencer to store ours.
We’ve sold some lovely examples over the past couple of years – they’re always steady sellers…
…and here’s a link to all the biscuit barrels, tins, pots & jars currently in the H is for Home shop
In our last post we talked about a pleasant little surprise we had when we opened an old tin… well it’s just happened again. We saw this lovely, vintage Christmas biscuit tin in our local Picture House Antiques today.
We’d already decided to snap it up for the tin alone. However, the price tag said that contents were included.
What a lovely surprise to find all this inside…
…everything you might need for a bit of darning…
…including tools and lovely old yarns.
Almost looking forward to getting holes in our socks!!!
We just love tins! We have them dotted all over the house. They add a homely, vintage touch to shelves, cupboards & cabinets.
We store all manner of things in them- buttons, jewellery, loose change, sweets, receipts etc. etc.
Tins from the ’50s & ’60s are our favourites, with their wonderful period designs & motifs.
We pick them up in all the usual places- markets, auctions & charity shops. They’re not all that easy to come across, despite the fact that they were often saved & reused once their original contents were finished.
This is a recent find with an unusual snakes & ladders board on its lid.
This one depicts the countries of the British Isles on each of its sides.
Stylised flowers are a popular motif…
…as are birds & animals.
Brightly coloured food tins, both modern & vintage, look great in the kitchen.
Then there are tins for herbs & spices…
…and favourite recipes.
And what’s better than a lovely vintage cake tin next to the kettle?
especially if it’s got home-made cake inside!!
We always like to have a few vintage tins on the H is for Home website. They’ve proven very popular- click on the link to see our current selection.
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We’ve reached the end of the alphabet… and ‘Z’ is for zoo. Our virtual zoo is full of animals beautifully interpreted in pottery, glass, textiles, book illustrations and more. All our animals are well looked after… and there’s no entrance fee!!
Shaker Abecedarius illustration
List of animals in the Shaker Abecedarius
Vintage 1960s 'Beefeater' steak plates by Washington Pottery
'Life of St Martin' illustrated by Emile Probst, 1966
Vintage 1960s 'Acapulco' chopping board by Villeroy & Boch
'Acapulco' chopping board detail
Vintage 1970s Danish pottery plaque
Illustration from 'This is London' by Miroslav Sasek, 1959
Illustration from 'This is Edinburgh' by Miroslav Sasek, 1961
Detail from a vintage 1950s Cadbury biscuit tin
Vintage 1950s pottery giraffe produced by Lomonosov of the USSR
Illustration by Dean Mitchell from 'Folk Tales of the World, Australia', 1965
Little felt elephant made in Nepal
Vintage 1960s/70s pottery owl plaque
Vintage 1960s Danish teak mouse
Tiger print by Walasse Ting
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I want an orange fridge/freezer too! Most definitely the orange!
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