Biscuit Tins

by Tracy Dolphin

Advertising and consumer spending among the middle classes expanded rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. One of the ways of appealing to the new shoppers was packaging, and biscuit tins were a very discreet form of this kind of promotion. They found their way into middle class households as gifts, and because they rarely displayed the name of the company or product in a prominent position they were often kept as ornaments and storage boxes, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747804257
• ISBN13: 9780747804253
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.3"