Skip to Content
Description

The printing on the base of this string tin suggests that originally it carried an advertisement for Hudson’s soap. It was used about 1906 in a Petone grocery shop owned by Mr Stutter.

1 green painted twine box, with string cutter. Distributed to retailers as a promotional item by Hudsons Soap, Liverpool, England. Has “November 1906” scratched on the bottom of the tin in a large script.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Foxton Historical Society”

Identification

Related items

Walker & Furrie thermometer
Pencil
Tobacco tin
Kauri brand tobacco tin.
State express cigarette tin
Field's honey tin
Main Street Footpath Removal
Woolpack and Textile Social Committee 1958
Woolpack and Textile Employees
Silver Jubilee Cake
Miss M T Wright
Official Guests at Silver Jubilee Dinner

Taxonomy

Tags
foxton historical society,
holder,
promotional article,
string twine box string cutter promotional article,
tin,
Community Tags

Report a problem

Related items

Walker & Furrie thermometer
Pencil
Tobacco tin
Kauri brand tobacco tin.
State express cigarette tin
Field's honey tin
Main Street Footpath Removal
Woolpack and Textile Social Committee 1958
Woolpack and Textile Employees
Silver Jubilee Cake
Miss M T Wright
Official Guests at Silver Jubilee Dinner