Biscuit tins – a bite-sized history
Our collection includes over 800 biscuit tins, produced between 1868 and 1939. Together they offer a tantalising snapshot of changing tastes, consumerism, and technological innovation.
From the collections
18 objects made by Gray, Dunn & Co
Post Office, Biscuit tin, Barringer Wallis & Manners, 1904
Seesaw, Biscuit tin, Barringer Wallis & Manners, 1905
Our Darlings, Biscuit tin, Barringer Wallis & Manners, ca.1913
Haddon Hall, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co., ca.1890
Burns, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co., ca.1891
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, 1892
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, ca.1892
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, 1896
Royalty, Biscuit tin, manufactured by Barringer, Wallis & Manners, 1901
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, designed by Paul Greville Hudson, ca.1902
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, 1902
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, 1903
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, 1906
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins, Biscuit tin, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, 1910
Racing motor car, Biscuit tin, manufactured by Barringer, Wallis & Manners, ca. 1926
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins (Advertising Ephemera), Biscuit tin manufacturer's sample, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, ca.1908
M.J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins (Advertising Ephemera), Biscuit tin manufacturer's sample, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, ca.1912
M. J. Franklin Collection of British Biscuit Tins (Advertising Ephemera), Counter String Dispenser, made for Gray, Dunn & Co, ca.1903
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