Gift Tin / Cookie Tin, Season's Greetings Santa Claus by Tom Browning, Olive Can Co, Vintage, SOLD

• Pattern:  Santa Claus in Chimney, Olive Can Co Christmas Tin by Tom Browning 
• Vintage: 1997
• Details:  What a wonderful Christmas tin!  It's none other than Santa Claus climbing down the chimney with his sack full of toys.  This tin, with its cheerful message "Season's Greetings" in green and red, is perfect for the holidays. This Santa Claus image is by artist Tom Browning, (more about the artist below).  The entire tin has a nice grainy texture, it is not smooth.  These are not easy to find, and this one is in pretty good condition.  Great Christmas decor in a kid's room.  Perfect gift for a tin collector or as part of any Christmas display.
• Material:  Metal / Tin
• Dimensions:   7.5 inches Tall, 4.75 inches Wide (at its widest point).
• Condition:  Vintage - Used. Very Good Vintage Condition.  There are a couple of dents but very minor, surface scratches as acceptable due to age/use/wear.  It does have can corrosion stains (quite common and usually harmless), on the inside.  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. 

Tom Browning is a nationally acclaimed and award-winning artist known for both his Santa images and his fine art, which includes a wide array of subjects. His paintings of Santa Claus have been licensed for countless products with global distribution and are now famous around the world.  Mr. Browning has created a classic Saint Nick, (much like the beloved Sundblom Santa of the past), Tom has captured the quintessential round, jolly, white-bearded figure that everyone has come to love.  Tom continues to create several Santas each year and to add them to his private collection. 

Olive Can Company was founded in Chicago IL, in 1912, by Michele Armato, an Italian immigrant who fell in love with the craft of tin making, and dreams of starting a decorative tin factory. During the the ‘40s and ‘50s, Michele’s sons, Al and Philip helped their father run the very successful company. In 1966 Philip's son, Keith Armato, came to work for the company and by the 1970's he had deals with very large companies like Pillsbury, Carnation, Borden and Nestle, for promotional food tins. In 1975, Philip passed away, and Keith felt the company could never be the same without his father at the helm. We believe he closed Olive Can and went to work for another Armato owned business, Wisconsin Can, eventually opening his own business named, Union Street Packaging Co, now called Union Street Tin Co which is run by Keith's son, Dominic. We've seen some 1990's tins with the Olive Can name, which leads us to believe they may still use the highly recognizable Olive Can brand name at Union Tin Co.