Biscuit Tin
Title
Biscuit Tin
Subject
Tin containers
Description
Biscuit tin made of tinplate, off set litho printed, made to simulate eight books with simulated tooled leather bindings and marbled end papers, bound by an imitation leather strap.
Creator
Huntley & Palmers
Huntley, Boorne & Stevens
Source
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128063/biscuit-tin-literature/
Publisher
Victoria & Albert Museum
http://www.vam.ac.uk/
http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Rights
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Type
Physical Item
Identifier
Museum number VA: M.290-1983
AOB 22: 4-28-2012
Description Source
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128063/biscuit-tin-literature/
Creation date(s)
1901
Measurements
6 1/3 in x 6 1/3 in x 4 3/4 in; (16 cm x 16 cm x 12 cm)
Extent
Unknown
Current Location
Ironwork
Room 114c, case 21, shelf 3
Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Room 114c, case 21, shelf 3
Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Materials and Techniques
tin (metal);
imitation leather;
offset lithography
imitation leather;
offset lithography
Creation Location
Reading, England
Provenance
Given by M. J. Franklin
- Date Added
- April 28, 2012
- Collection
- Book Objects
- Item Type
- Artifact
- Tags
- book object, English, tin
- Citation
- Huntley & Palmers and Huntley, Boorne & Stevens, “Biscuit Tin,” An Open Book, accessed April 27, 2024, https://anopenbook.omeka.net/items/show/69.