Comments: "Mabel Lucie
Attwell"(1879-1964) was a famous British illustrator of
children's books, her work also appears on ceramics, posters,
advertisements and postcards. She is most well known for her images
of cherubic looking chubby children and her fairy folk called
"Boo Boos".
In the early 1930's the British biscuit company of "William Crawford
& Sons" produced three tins illustrated by "Attwell", "Bicky
House" 1933, "Fairy Tree" 1935 and this tin titled
"Fairy house" 1934. They were all manufactured by "Barringer,
Wallis and Manners" as biscuit tins to be used as banks when the
contents had been consumed. This tin pulls apart, the mushroom
shaped domed lid pulls off the cylinder shaped house base.
This is an excellent example of this tin, it has all the
colour on the lid and the printing has not faded or rubbed thin,
these are common faults with this tin.To view other images of this item, please click here:
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