Mitchells’ (20% buyer’s premium) Vintage and Antique Toy Sale on July 15 included a collection of 15 Rowntree’s sweet tins from the Edwardian era.
All were the popular novelties with designs in the shape of a Christmas pudding, a cricket bat, two bananas, a fish, a drum and a globe. However, the rarest of the group were two well-preserved tins of a black and white cat with red ribbon and a terrier with a blue ribbon collar (left).