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Festival of Britain souvenir tin
- Made:
- 1951
![Festival of Britain souvenir tin, 1951](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/408/428/small_thumbnail_2000_0494__0006_.jpg)
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![Festival of Britain souvenir tin, 1951](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/408/421/small_thumbnail_2000_0494__0001_.jpg)
![Festival of Britain souvenir tin, 1951](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/408/425/small_thumbnail_2000_0494__0004_.jpg)
![Festival of Britain souvenir tin, 1951](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/408/426/small_thumbnail_2000_0494__0005_.jpg)
![Festival of Britain souvenir tin, 1951](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/408/423/small_thumbnail_2000_0494__0002_.jpg)
![Festival of Britain, 1951, empty tin](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/58/548/small_thumbnail_2000_0494.jpg)
Festival of Britain souvenir tin, 1951. Lid decorated with Festival logo. Possibly for sweets or tobacco.
The Festival of Britain was devised to inject optimism into a depressed national still struggling with austerity and rationing since the end of the Second World War. It was a triumphant display of British design, manufacture and industry, epitomised by graphic designer Abram Graham's iconic emblem which appeared on posters, catalogues and souviners such as this tin.
Details
- Category:
- Domestic Appliances
- Object Number:
- 2000-494
- Materials:
- metal
- Measurements:
-
overall: x 117 x 93 mm
- type:
- tin
- credit:
- Huxtable, David