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Title: Gladioli, 1956-1957 [Go to resource]
Description: This tin, with its use of brighly coloured garden flowers, is very typical of tins in the 1950s. On the other hand the use of a glossy black background is striking - could it have been influenced by the 'Workbasket' tins designed by William Mundy and first produced between 1954 and 1956? Rather than creating a sombre effect the black helps to highlight the bold colours of the flowers. Whatever the case, this design, like that of the 'Workbasket' tin, was used on several different tin shapes over an extended period. Later versions of this tin are slightly shallower. 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: sundial
plant
natural science
flower
horologyTemporal: start=1956-01-01; end=1957-12-31; 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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