Gift Tin / Candy Tin, Metal Box Co, Bunny Rabbit Fishing, Octagon Shape, Vintage

• Vintage Tin, Toffee Candy Tin, Decorative, Bunny Rabbit Fishing, Easter Decor, Spring Decor, Octagonal Shape, RARE, English Collectible Storage Tin, (Discontinued).  
• Made in: England
• Vintage: 1930's - 1940's (estimated)
• Details:  An adorable toffee / candy tin and in very condition for such an old tin!  Perfect for Easter or as a rare addition to your tin collection.  This is an octagon shaped tin, with a very colorful illustration of a bunny rabbit fishing, as a duck and swan look on.  We have not seen another like this one anywhere, certainly a rare find.  It is marked 12MB, made by the Metal Box Company, (founded in 1810).  Tin is empty.  Perfect for a child's room, a nursery, or as part of a Spring or Easter vignette.  This is an extremely hard to find tin, it is in wonderful shape for its age, great gift for a tin collector!
• Material:  Metal / Tin
• Dimensions:  Octagonal Shaped 4.75 inches
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Very Good Vintage Condition. No dents.  Wear and minor scratches, mostly on the bottom, as acceptable due to age/wear/use.  The inside is very clean.  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are ANTIQUE and VINTAGE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show scratches, wear and tear and imperfections. 

The Metal Box company has a very long history, here is some brief information.  The company dates back to circa 1810, went through many acquisitions, takeovers and mergers.  For example, Hudson Scott and Sons of Carlisle and Newcastle, were acquired by Metal Box in 1921.  In 1939 The Metal Box company acquired Barringer Wallis and Manners Ltd. (BM&W).  Both factories became involved in the manufacture of components to help the WWII war efforts.  Throughout their history they didn't just make decorative tins, in 1932 Metal Box described itself as a ‘maker of plain and decorated tins and tins for fruits and vegetables’, but the product line grew and by the mid 1930s they also made the first British beer cans.  They made brewery trays (a practice started by BW&M in the 1920's) until the 1970's, and even made plastic containers & aerosol cans in the early 60’s.  In the 1980’s and 1990’s market downturns resulted reduced products and under different ownership and structure, the company survived but since 1996 it's been under the name Crown Cork & Seal (now called Crown Specialty Packaging), which is now part of Crown Holdings Inc.