Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage and

A Collection of Vintage and Antique Lithographed Advertising and Decorative Tins - A collection of vintage and antique lithographed tinplate advertising and decorative containers, primarily of British and German manufacture. The assortment includes a large yellow Murrays Retriever Dark Flake Tobacco tin marked for Murray, Sons and Co. Ltd. Belfast; a yellow State Express 555 cigarette tin from 210 Piccadilly, London; a Lloyds Old Holborn Blended Virginia tobacco tin featuring a gabled building; and a red Players Medium Navy Cut cigarette tin with a George Rex (GR) cipher and crown. Confectionery and food tins comprise a round Smith London English Mixed Fruit Flavoured Tablets tin with sweet illustrations, a Haeberlein-Metzger Nurnberg tin for Lebkuchen, and a tall green tea caddy depicting a public building. Utility and decorative examples include a blue Motorists First Aid tin with MC emblem, a small orange cylindrical savings bank with GR cipher, and a large rectangular tin featuring a detailed Tudor-style half-timbered manor house illustration. The collection is completed by an octagonal floral tin, a pink-bordered tin with a Victorian domestic scene, and several smaller miscellaneous metal cases. Largest tin approx: 24.5 cm x 16 cm.