The Tin Shoppe
Some of these tins are English and many of the shapes and designs are not made any
longer. These tins are collectable. A number of the tins we offer are made in Italy and
France. Others are imported from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and the Far East. A limited
number of tins are made in the United States, but there are only four companies left that
make decorative tins. We have been collecting and packaging nuts and candy gifts in tins
since 1981. over the years we have designed and produced tins abroad for our holiday
catalog. The process of making tins is extremely interesting. We will describe it on
another page. You almost never see a tin shoppe because it is extremely costly to buy tins
in the proper quantities. Sometimes the minimum run of tins can exceed 10,000 tins of one
design. That is extremely costly and that is the reason you seldom see such an extensive
collection as ours being offered for sale. we are able to produce and sell tins because we
buy in a large enough quantity and we have done so for many years. We offer you a vast and
interesting selection. Have fun and remember - you may be buying today a
"collectible" for tomorrow. a tin that has or will eventually go out of
production....
An traditional English Tin
that used to be made by Metal Box Company in Carlylse, England
Item Code
Item Description
Price
50144
Malverne
$12.75
Painting Tin
A decorative watercolorsceb of a bowl of fruit in an extremely well-built tin by Massilly
of France
Item Code
Item Description
Price
50266
Painting Tin
$12.85
Alpenglow
A extremely colorful lithographed
tin made in taiwan.
Item Code
Item Description
Price
50504
Alpenglow
$12.50
Large
Zodiac Tin
A brilliant colored metalic gold tin
Item Code
Item Description
Price
50180
Zodiac
$13.75
Britch Stitch
A crisp brightly colored tin with a scene of a girl stitching a boy's britches
Item Code
Item Description
Price
50156
Britch Stitch
$10.50
One of the earliest uses of
the decorative tin was the stationery box. Many of the earlier English
tins were made to package stationery, envelops, and a pen for convenience.
The designs are more
feminine to appeal to the women. English tin companies were famous for making
rectangular snuff tins for the gentry, so it was a natural evolution to design a
decorative rectangular tin box with floral and mosaic designs lithographed on the sides
and cover. Fruit and floral vases were also extremely popular decorations on
the tins.
The Malverne tin shown above was a
classic as was the Claremont tin shown below. These were classic, timeless designs
that always were popular.
a Mexican wedding cake that takes on an Italian veil.
¾ cup Hazelnuts
1-cup (½ pound) butter or margarine
1-¼ cups powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour ¼ tsp salt
2 tsp. Dutch-process cocoa
1. Put nuts in a 9-inch cake or pie pan. Bake in a 350-degree oven until pale gold under
skin, 10 to 12 minutes. Pour nuts into a towel and rub briskly with the cloth to remove as
much skin as possible. Lift nuts from towel and finely chop. Wipe out pan.
2. Cut butter into chunks and put in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer on high speed until
fluffy. Add 1/3 cup of the powdered sugar and the vanilla; beat on slow speed to
incorporate, and then beat on high speed until fluffy.
3. On low speed, mix in flour and salt, and then beat until blended. Stir in nuts.
4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
5. Bake in a 300-degree oven until cookies no longer feel soft when gently touched but are
not browned, about 18 minutes. (If using one oven, alternate pan positions after 8 to 10
minutes.) Cool on pans about 5 minutes.
6. Place remaining powdered sugar in cake pan. Gently roll hot cookies, a few at a time,
in sugar to coat well. Set cookies slightly apart on piece of waxed paper (about 20 in.
long) until almost cool, and then roll in sugar again. Return cookies to paper in a single
layer. Shake cocoa through fine strainer over cookies. Let cookies cool.
7. Serve, or store airtight at once for up to 3 days. Freeze to store longer. Prep and
cook time: 50 minutes Makes: 5 dozen
We just completed building a new food processing plant. Our plant is located on the
western United States in Spokane, Washington.Greenacres is our official address and it is
a suburb of Spokane, just three miles west of the Idaho border.
