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MACKINTOSH TOFFEE TIN

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c. 1933

Overview

Rectangular tin with hinged lid. Red with gold coloured trim on the edges of the lid and the base. Top of the tin has a gold coloured rectangular shape, heavily scratched with missing gold sections showing black patches. Central on lid is a patch of silver coloured speckles
Small scratches and sections showing loss of paint can be seen on all sides of the tin and the lid.
Base of tin is gold in colour, with slightly raised bevelled edge rectangle in the middle. Large black scratch marks with two lines flanked by smaller black scratch marks in the upper left corner of tin.
Centre of tin base has a manufacturer label, worn away in parts. Text on label reads [M ckin s/ PICCADILL FFEE/ Manu red in Australia/ J. KINTOSH & So / HALIFAX, E GLAN ] Missing text is where the label has been worn away.

Historical information

The tin was purchased by a member of the Briggs family of Byford in c1933. It was used by Vera Briggs to store mail order music sheets and lessons from Austral school of music when she was living at the family farm Sussex in Byford.
Mackintosh toffees first began manufacture in 1890 by John Mackintosh in Yorkshire UK. Creating a toffee that was a mix of the British butterscotch with American caramel, he created a toffee that was not too hard, not too soft. A Australian factory was established by 1914, with the company promoting itself to be the manufacturer of deluxe toffees.
In 1969 the company merged with Rowntree.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2020.33a

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Material

Keywords

Austral School of Music

Perth

Sussex Farm Byford Briggs Road

Byford

Year

c. 1933

Statement of significance

This tin and its contents of envelopes containing music lessons for guitar, mandolin or banjo, as well as a envelope with the stamps off each envelope, was owned by Vera Briggs, nee White. The lessons were sent to Vera from the Austral school of music's office located in Perth. Vera was living on Sussex Farm in Byford at the time, and the lessons would have been used in a attempt to learn how to play music, using the instrument that accompanied the first set of correspondence in 1933.

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