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Title: Treasure Chest, 1966 [Go to resource]
Description: This tin marks a return to the same idea as 'Ancient Lock' from 1896. The comparison is useful to show the decline in craftsmanship over the intervening period. The earlier tin, though rather dark and heavy, has been carefully embossed and the tromp l'oeil illusion is much more effectively worked - the wood effect here looks like it is made out of formica (though that would be appropriate for the period!). Also, the Royal Crest of many earlier tins has been replaced by a kitsch parody with a cod-Latin inscription: Good and Sweet. 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: lion
treasure chest
trade
crown
royalty
lock
coat of arms
money
unicorn
object
animalTemporal: start=1966-01-01; end=1966-12-31; 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 More Like this...
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