Beautebox Canco tins appear to have been quite popular in the 1920's, and no doubt due to the fabulously colorful, Deco style artwork you'd find on the lids, (mostly featuring pin-ups and movie stars, but also other great seasonal and themed imagery of the era as well.) They also came in other shapes besides just round too, like rectangle, square etc. I am a bit perplexed about what actually came in the tin originally when first purchased though, seeing internet listings for candy and cookies mostly, but also powder. Whatever was inside, I picked up this Henry Clive illustrated blonde Santa baby xmas themed tin a few months back and held onto it until we got a little closer to the actual holiday, --and I guess we're close enough because here she is!
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Wow, that would have been a lot of powder. I always thought all tins that size were for cookies. But that is definitely because cookies is what everybody I know has always used tins like that for after the fact. I never paused to imagine they originally came with anything else in them. Now they are mostly sold empty (and comparatively artless).
The image is great. That blond Santa wig really pops. I kinda like all the scratches, too.
Agree, the scratches kind of create a frosted portal winter window effect around the edges.
Yeah, it's very Christmassy.
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