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Description: | Several similar drum tins, featuring simple red and white/cream backgrounds were produced during the 1950s and early 1960s. 'Gem Biscuits' are not to be confused with 'Iced Gems' - the latter were similarly small biscuits, though with a dollop of hard icing in the centre. 'Gem Biscuits' were simply decorated with the initials H and P - no doubt most children preferred the sugary 'Iced Gems'! This tin is not found in any catalogue and a note inside the Museum of Reading example states 'produced for overseas'. It has the simplest design of the 'Gem Biscuit' tins, although its bright colouring and bold typography is not unattractive. For another 'Gem Biscuits' tin from this period, specifically designed for the African market, see the 'African Gem Bisciuits' tin of 1962. | 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: | non-representational trade inscription decorative art | Temporal: | start=1953-01-01; end=1963-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Huntley, Boorne & Stevens | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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