Item Type: Biscuit TinSummaryFull Description: One of several figural Biscuit Tins in the form of a concertina, this
model being a Jacobs' Biscuit tin that includes four pairs of reeds
fixed to an inner reed-plate within the right hand end, that sound chords when
the end of the tin is slid open (presumably to alert Mama of any impending
biscuit theft). This Jacobs tin is in fair condition, with
both thumb-straps missing, and reeds and paintwork in fair order with
scratching and scuffs. Due to its compact shape, capacity for music, and
widespread popularity throughout the classes, the use of the concertina for
toys, figurines, in 'cute and comic' images and posed photographs has
continued throughout the last hundred years. One specialist use of the
concertina's iconic form has been in several varieties of biscuit tin, as
listed in section
NC.4.5
of the Collection. [http://www.concertinamuseum.com/cmusindex2D.htm#NC405] Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum: 4.5-003 |
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