Collecting Biscuit Tins

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Text by Linda Wright

Necessity is often credited for being the mother of invention, and in searching the history of the biscuit tin you will find necessity led the way.

English biscuit maker Joseph Huntley had the advantage of owning a shop located across the street from a regular stop of the stagecoach line where passengers were ready customers. Traveling by stagecoach in the 1800s in England was rough enough for people, let alone perishable cargo like biscuits.