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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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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 never seen this example in England and, in fact, discovered it in the South of Fra...
Category
20th Century Romantic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
$200 Sale Price
55% Off
Early 20th Century Biscuit Tin "The British Commonwealth"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A biscuit tin celebrating The British Commonwealth, both natural & architectural.
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 biscuits.
Category
Vintage 1910s English Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
A Pair of Huntley & Palmers ‘Literature’ Novelty Biscuit Tins, 1901
By Huntley & Palmers
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Huntley & Palmers ‘Literature’ Novelty Biscuit Tins, 1901
A wonderfully decorative pair of Huntley & Palmers ‘Literature’ biscuit tins, made in Reading, England, in 190...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Decorative Boxes
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 Potin's praline filled wafers.
Category
Early 20th Century French Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Large 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 Potin's praline filled wafers.
Category
Early 20th Century French Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
