Description: (8) VINTAGE PRODUCT ADVERTISING TINS
Collection of (8) American Vintage Product Advertising Tins, early 20th c., including: Rare John Alden Formosa Oolong Tea tin, on the lid: 'The Ginter Grocery Co., Boston, Mass., stores', 4 3/4" high, 6" x 3 3/4", paint losses and cracking, fading, some surface rust; Tom Thumb's Crescent Macaroni and Cracker Company, Davenport, IA, with hinged lid, 7" high, 9" x 8 1/8", paint losses, small corner dent; Bishop's Petite Wafers, Bishop & Company, Los Angeles-San Diego, CA, with hinged lid, 7" high, 9" x 8", paint losses, small dent to front and back sides; S.S. Pierce Importers and Grocers tin, Boston and Brookline, lid notes 'High Grade Teas and Coffees', hinged lid, 7" high, 7" x 4 1/2", lid dents, paint losses, surface rust; Red painted round lidded two-handled tin with paper label 'A High Grade Compound Composed of Coffee, Cereal, Legume and Chickory, National Coffee Company, Greenville, SC, ____ (illegible)', 6 1/8" high, 4 3/8" diam., paint losses, label losses; Wishbone Combination Coffee lidded tin, Bunn Capitol Grocery Co., Bloomington & Springfield, IL, with swing handle, 7 1/2" high (without handle), 7 1/2" diam., paint losses, lid dents; The Planters Pennant Salted Peanuts tin (Wilkes Barre, PA), no lid, 9 5/8" high, 8 1/4" diam., paint losses, scratches and dents; and Bunte Fine Confections tin, Bunte Brothers, Chicago, U.S.A., with lid, gilded highlights on green, 14" high, 10" diam., paint losses, scratches.