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Description: | This is a new version of the 'Workbasket' tin made between 1954 and 1956. The original version had a diameter of 19 cm and a height of 6 cm. This striking design by William Mundy was obviously a successful one as it was produced yet again in 1975. In each case there were slight variations in the design and shape of tin used, but all the tins are recognizable as variations on this basic theme. Rather than creating a sombre effect the black background seems to enhance the colours and give them a jewel-like quality. The careful embossing adds to this illusion and, in a period when tins were increasingly cheaply produced, this must have given this particular tin a richer quality. | 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: | plant non-representational natural science scroll decorative art flower | Temporal: | start=1960-01-01; end=1960-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | William Mundy | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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