Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An Art Nouveau McVitie & Price copper and brass biscuit casket, 1904, the panels embossed with whiplash designs, inset with turquoise coloured Ruskin panels, with original key and two associated letters from M.J. Franklin, Archivist at United Biscuits (UB) Limited, later green velvet lining, dimensions 18.3 x 13.3 x 8.8cm. £300-£400

These brass and copper biscuit caskets were made for McVitie & Price in 1904 and were sold through grocers, at 25 shillings and 6d, intended as an “ornament for any mantle shelf or Toilet table” - M.J. Franklin (United Biscuits Archivist, 1982).