Collection of Antique Tins

mostly American, mostly early-to-mid nineteenth century. Ephemera. Very Good+. A group of 20, it includes: Antique Tin, Drefs' Mandrake Compound Liver Pills. Albany, New York: Burdick & Son, c. 1916. Yellow tin, printed in black, 48mm diameter. Manufactured by Burdick and Son. Top reads: "New Style Box Adopted July 1, 1916 / Drefs' / Mandrake Compound / Liver Pills / Price 35 [cents] -- 40 Pills / 3 Boxes for $1.00 / Prepared for / Charles A. Drefs / Manufacturing Chemist / 280 Broadway / Buffalo, N. Y." Bottom reads: "Dose / One Pill at Night When Required (truncated) / Cannot Be Given to Children." 3 tins, just a little scratched, but overall bright and fine. They don't make 'em like this anymore. /// Admiral Dewey. The Maine Gold Eyed Sharps. 5/10. America, c. 1950s. Two small folded packs (22 x 42mm) of Maine Gold Eyed Sharps, illustrated in full-color on the front, with a small portrait of Admiral Dewey, his ship, and an eagle. Needles are preserved in black and gold paper with a printed star pattern, with another banner on the inside, reading: "Our easy threading parabola gold ey'd needles are warranted to excel all other brands in Finish and Quality the Eyes are Beveled and Gauged thereby making sewing much easier... Best in the World." A nice specimen of the era's typographic and packaging design. Illustration lightly chipped along the edges on one of the packets, otherwise in excellent condition. /// Rodi Drawing-Pins. Germany, early-to-mid 1900s. Sliding matchbox-style box of tacks (39 x 53mm). Printed in red, green, and blue, it boasts, "Pin will not pass through the head." Box a little faded and very faintly stained, with just 3 pins left. /// Tin Box, "Pick A Pin" New York: M. M. Oganesoff, early-to-mid 1900s. Oval tin box (64mm at its greatest diameter, 45mm tall), with printed label and a hole in the top. Press down on the lid, and a pin pops up! Tin a bit dust-soiled and darkened, but functions just fine. /// Tin of Leather Polish: Columbus, Russet Leather Polishing Paste. New York: Columbus Polish Corporation, early-to-mid 1900s. Circular orange tin (75mm diameter), illustration and lettering printed in black. Tin manufactured by Burdick and Son of Albany, New York. A bit dusty and rusty. /// Dennison's Wire Shanks [AND] Gem Paper Fasteners. Framingham, Mass. / New York: Dinnison Mfg. Co. / Cushman & Denison, mid-1900s. Sliding matchbox-style box (22 x 40mm), with blue and white label on the top. An elegant little item, nicely presenting the typography of the time, and full of shanks. SOLD WITH a small brown cardboard box (48 x 55mm), printed and illustrated in black, of Gem Paper fasteners. Top lid of box is broken, but it's full of fasteners. Mad Men office supplies! /// M. K. I. Compact of Pink Blush. Baltimore, MD: M. Ki. I. Co. , c. 1950. Circular green compact (49mm diameter), lettering and decoration in gilt; contains a block of bright pink blush, and a small puff. /// Johnson & Johnson's Zonas Adhesive Plaster. New Brunswick, NJ: Johnson & Johnson, c. 1950s. Small tubular red, white, and blue tin; 25mm diameter, 33 mm tall. A pretty little tin, just a little scratched, and now containing beads. /// Cuticura Ointment. Malden, Mass.: Potter Dry & Chemical Corp., c. 1950?. Small round silver tin, label printed in red and black, 40mm diameter. A little scratched, otherwise fine. /// Vintage Tin of Recoton Melograph Needles. Switzerland, early-to-mid 1900s. Small green tin with flip-top lid, lettering ("Melograph, Recoton, Laubschik") and musical notes printed in gold on the top. Gold paper seal, printed in red, is open, but the box is nearly full. A few tiny scratches, otherwise in excellent condition -- and quite uncommon. The Melograph, similar to the Melodiograph, is a mechanical apparatus for ethnomusicological transcription, usually producing some sort of graph that can be preserved and filed, similar to a recording of music. /// Agfa Plenachrome Film for Memo Camera. Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, 1935. Small cardboard box (31 x 31 x 35mm), printed in red, yellow, blue, and white; and containing film cartridge. (Someone has pencilled "shot" on the inside top of the box. Manufacturer's stamps on the bottom indicate the date.) In excellent condition, with a sticker for the National Recovery Association on the back. /// Y & S Licorice Wafers for Coughs Due to Colds -- Enjoyed by Smokers. Brooklyn, NY / Moline, IL / Philadelphia, PA: National Licorice Company, early-to-mid 1900s. Small tin (15 x 35 x 54 mm) with flip-top lid, orange, printed in black. A little scratched, but an interesting memento from the hey-days of tobacco, even courting the consumer with an ad on the underside of the lid, "Also comforting for smokers' irritated throats." /// Tintograph Color Box. Small circular tin, 40mm diameter, purple, with "Tintograph Color Box" printed in black on the top. A little scratched, but pretty. /// Sample Size Lava Chemical Resolvent Soap. St. Louis: Wm. Waltke & Co., early 1900s. Small cardstock box (20 x 40 x 58 mm), printed in red, pink, and black; and containing an old sample of Lava Soap. /// Dill Super Seal Valve Insides. America, early-to-mid 1950s. Small tin with sliding top (27 x 27 mm), printed in orange, blue, and white. A bit scratched and difficult to open, but contains 4 valves. /// Gold Compact Mirror with image of the Arthur Murray Dancers on the top. Gold compact mirror (70 x 70 mm), with b/w photograph of Arthur Murray Dancers (4 couples doing the waltz) on the top, opens up to a mirror, with engraved gold door housing a puff beneath it. Elegant.  (Inventory #: SW476-7380)