Historical information

This tin has been made early in the 20th century to hold Kornies biscuits. For the first half of the 20th century biscuits were mostly not packaged and were sold by the pound weight in grocery shops. Kornies breakfast cereals and biscuits were produced by the U.S.A. multinational company of Nabisco.

Significance

This item is retained as an example of how groceries were stored and sold in the early to mid 20th century.

Physical description

This is a cylindrical tin with a detached lid. The sides of the tin are painted green with multi-coloured printing and an image of a farmer with a horse-drawn wheat harvester. The tin is very rusted and stained.

Inscriptions & markings

‘Everybody’s Breakfast Kornies Biscuits’
‘The whole of the wheat ready to eat’