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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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Biscuit Tin House, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Biscuit tin house.
A vintage biscuit tin - cookies tin in the shape of a house.
The tile roof of
Category
Mid-20th Century European Industrial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
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
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
1910 Faux Books Biscuit Tin by Huntley & Palmers
By Huntley & Palmers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Faux books biscuit tin box by Huntley & Palmers, 1910, English. In the form of a strapped group of
Category
Vintage 1910s English Aesthetic Movement Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Oval Masquerade Ball Biscuit Tin , England , Mid-20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Oval Biscuit Tin with Masquerade Ball. This Biscuit Cookie Tin was designed for Peek Frean and co
Category
Mid-20th Century British Romantic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
