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What are biscuit tins made out of?
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Biscuit tins are usually made out of steel and plated with tin. The plating is what gives the storage containers their name. Traditionally, people used biscuit tins to keep biscuits and other small baked goods fresh. Shop a collection of vintage and antique biscuit tins on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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English 1920 "Radiance" Biscuit Tin
Located in Stamford, CT
"Radiance" brand biscuit tin from England 1920. Made with a walnut and marquetry look with seashell
Category
Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Artist's Pallette Huntley & Palmer's Biscuit Tin
By Huntley & Palmers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A wonderful & very rare Huntley & Palmer's Biscuit Tin in the form of an Artist's Pallette. We have
Category
20th Century Romantic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
$250 Sale Price
44% Off
Antique Decorative Biscuit Tin, English, Shop, Retail, Container, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative biscuit tin. An English, printed shop retail container for Gray Dunn
Category
Early 20th Century British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Early 20th Century Biscuit Tin "The British Commonwealth"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A biscuit tin celebrating The British Commonwealth, both natural & architectural. The 1930s
Category
Early 20th Century English Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$95 Sale Price
34% Off
"Toby" Jug Still Bank and Biscuit Tin, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is both a still bank and a biscuit tin. It would originally have been sold, filled with
Category
Vintage 1910s English Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
Small Vintage Biscuit Tin With Polo Scene
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Félix Potin Biscuit Tin With Polo Scenes.
A delightful vintage French biscuit tin for Félix
Category
Early 20th Century French Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
