Chocolate tin lid

Chocolate tin lid which has gilt edges and borders with coloured portraits of the king and queen in coronation robes captioned: 'CORONATION SOUVENIR 1912 H.M. KING GEORGE V AND H.M. QUEEN MARY'. Behind them are scenes in the British Empire inscribed: 'INDIA, CANADA, AUSTRALASIA, AFRICA'. The latter two views depict port scenes.

Object Details

ID: AAB0045.1
Type: Chocolate tin lid
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Rowntree & Co
Places: York
Date made: 1911
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall: 7 mm x 155 mm x 95 mm
Parts: Commemorative chocolate tin (Chocolate tin)