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Description: | This model provides a rare glimpse into the tin design process. Sometimes paper designs were pasted onto old tins, on other occasions, as here, wooden models were used. In this case the designer seems to have used pre-printed paper-cuts, popular in the Victorian and Edwardian periods, as the basis for the tin! Paper-cuts of this kind were used on the 'Cameo' tin of 1979-1980 and the 'A La Mode' tin of 1981-1982, but there the intention was to create a nostalgic feeling. In this case, the paper-cuts seem to have been used simply as a short cut. The colouring and overall design qualities suggest that this model dates from the 1950s or earlier - and it may be considerably earlier. Unfortunately, the imagery is so minimal and traditional that it could have been used in any era, so precise dating is difficult. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | bird mistletoe robin holly natural science environment still life leaf inscription | Temporal: | start=1930-01-01; end=1950-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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