The Belgian collector with 60,000 vintage tin boxes from buzai232's blog

The Belgian collector with 60,000 vintage tin boxes

"I consider this box to be the first of my collection. It is a box of 'Cote d'Or' chocolates that a relative of my husband gave me believing that I was interested in boxes although I was in fact originally interested in the photos they may have contained."Get more news about Candela Tin Box,you can vist our website!

"This box is considered to be the first to have been lithographed. It is an English box from 1868 called the 'Ben George' (and it was designed) for biscuit maker Huntley & Palmers.// I did not choose this. I embraced this collection like one embraces religion. I didn't want to. I certainly didn't decide to collect them. It was done without me realizing what I was getting into."

The original concept of packaging products in tin cans dates back to 1795 when Napoleon Bonaparte offered a prize of 12,000 francs for anyone who could invent a method of preserving food unspoiled over distance and time. Nicolas Appert invented the method of preserving food in an airtight container and was awarded the prize in 1810. This was the birth and the beginning of Tin manufacturing. Fellow Frenchman Pierre Durand (aka Peter Durand) was granted a patent in 1810 from King George 3rd for the idea of preserving food and fashion items of storage from Tinplate. The benefit was Tinplate could be sealed and made airtight but could not be broken like glass. The earliest tin manufacturing of tins was laborious and made by hand. Iron was pounded into sheets and dipped into the molten tin. These sheets were cut into parts and ends and either hammered into shape or bent into a die while seams and ends were soldered. This was an extremely skillful process with even the most experienced Tin Maker, making only 10 tins per day. Over the past centuries, tins were used to preserve and store many different commodities such as tea, coffee, tobacco, spices, chocolate, and stuff because of their airtight seals that guaranteed freshness.

As the massive media was not available to the degree we have today Tins were actively used to promote brands and their contents and give a unique advantage at the point of sale. Tins still offer this luxurious and higher perceived value than most other packaging formats and Tins unlike plastic or cardboard are reused time and time again so a great vehicle to ensure brands are constantly in the consumer's cupboards.

Tin packaging manufacturing has changed immensely over the years but one thing has not Tin packaging and Tin boxes are an excellent vehicle for promoting brands and offering a different proposition at the point of sale where 68% of the consumers make their final decision what product to purchase. Tins are rarely thrown away once the consumer has consumed the contents. Tins are re-used for storage and brands can continue to be in the consumer’s memory for longer than most other packaging