Vintage Toys, and Decorative Art
Lot 282:
Antique historic British biscuit tin. On the surface of the hinged lid is printed an artists impression of the CWS Central premises (Balloon Street) Manchester. Under the picture is printed To commemorate the Jubilee of the Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd 1863 -1913. On the front long panel of the base tin are printed two portraits of senior CWS Executives:- Abraham Greenwood ( Rochdale) First President and John Shillito (Halifax) President 1895 – 1913. The clasp that holds the base tin closed with the lid is in the shape of a WHEATSHEAF which was a well known CWS Logo. On the base of the tin. which is mounted on four round ball feet, is printed Information and statistical data about the CWS. On the two short panels are views of the NEWCASTLE BRANCH and the LONDON BRANCH. On the other long panel is printed two works. BISCUIT & Sweet Works CRUMPSALL , MANCHESTER and SOAP , glycerine, Candle Starch, & Blue Works & Lard Refinery , IRLAM near MANCHESTER. In 1913 the CWS had 64 Factories and 21,500 employees . The first Co-operative was opened by the Rochdale Pioneers in Lancashire England in 1843 . In 1863 , twenty years after the Rochdale Pioneers opened their co-operative, the North of England Co-operative Society was launched by 300 individual co-ops across Yorkshire and Lancashire . By 1872 , it had become known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS).Size 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 6 inches high.
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