A Charming c.1934 Crawford & Sons Ltd Tin Biscuit Barrel Money Box; 'Fairy House' by Mabel Lucie Attwell

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A Charming c.1934 Crawford & Sons Ltd Tin Biscuit Barrel Money Box; 'Fairy House' by Mabel Lucie AttwellOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1934 Height: 7. 75 inches Top Diameter: 7 inches Hailing from the Art Deco period, the William Crawford & Sons Ltd tin biscuit barrel with money box formed as the lid, 'Fairy House', by Mabel Lucie Attwell for Christmas 1934, in the form of a mushroom with typical Attwell characters around the stem and coin slot to the roof. There are few surface blemishes to the painted

Length: 202cms / 6

the antique pine lid with paper label in midnight blue and canary yellow advertising “Fry’s Chocolate Cream”

though we can’t imagine Martin is poisonous anymore such are his kin

Bloody gorgeous

fascinating stories as masters of their trade

cracks or signs of restoration

It is native to China and is also known as cassia bark or Chinese cinnamon

One specimen’s wing has dropped and is now loose

One knob has some loss

or gift for a newborn

is in good and original condition

Anne Georgina Douglas was born in 1817 on the 26th April and died in 1899 on the 28th November