Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Decorative Tins

A Collection of Decorative Tins and Boxes including Yorkshire Tea and Queen Elizabeth II Examples - A collection of decorative tins and boxes of various forms, materials, and designs, primarily of mid-20th-century British style. The lot includes a rectangular Yorkshire Tea tin for Taylors of Harrogate, featuring a hinged lid and printed graphics reading TAYLORS of HARROGATE, FAMILY TEA MERCHANTS Est. 1886, and YORKSHIRE TEA. Also present is a red square tin with a tall lid featuring a central oval portrait of a young Queen Elizabeth II. The group features a large silver-toned oval box with a pierced floral filigree design across the lid and sides, and a small rectangular wooden box with a metal plaque on the lid depicting two dogs in relief. Other items include a hexagonal tin with pictorial scenes of children, a small round tin with a fruit and flower pattern, a blue and white square tin with pastoral scenes in the Willow pattern style, a maritime-themed tin with a sailing ship, and an equestrian-themed tin depicting a hunt. The lot also contains a white octagonal floral tin, a small footed circular floral tin with a domed finial, a plain brushed silver-toned circular tin, and a cream-coloured textured box.