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Title: Red Dragon, 1954-1955 [Go to resource]
Description: Oriental motifs were popular on Huntley & Palmers tins from the 1920s (see, for example, 'Chinese Vase, 1928, or 'Legend', 1938). In Chinese culture red is an auspicious colour. Pairs of Fu dogs are generally placed in pairs in doorways on of windowsills to ward off evil spirits and bad luck. Usually, the male will have a globe under one paw and the female a cub. The designer of this tin was obviously more interested in a cheerful rather than an accurate design! A deeper version of the same design was brought out in 1953. 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
natural science
tree
folklore and legend
dragon
dog
phoenix
flower
animalTemporal: start=1954-01-01; end=1955-12-31; 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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