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Round blue vintage tin drum, victorian era

SKU: 1208

Round blue vintage tin drum, victorian era

Round dark blue tin drum with loose cover with wide edge and silver details. The images on the tin consist of a lady with a hoop skirt that has a fan in her hand and a gentleman with a top hat who offers this lady a bunch of flowers. Furthermore, a tea house and a bench in a park. The images on this drum correspond to the Victorian era.

The bottom of the tin is marked and consists of a small round circle with the text: Container made in Holland.

  • Height: 14.5 cm.
  • Diameter: 13.5 cm.

The Victoriaans era
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian period, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of continental Europe. Defined according to sensibilities and political concerns, the period is sometimes considered to begin with the passage of the Reform Act 1832. The period is characterised as one of relative peace among the great powers (as established by the Congress of Vienna), increased economic activity, "refined sensibilities" and national self-confidence for Great Britain. 

In the strictest sense, the Victorian era covers the duration of Victoria's reign as Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from her accession on 20 June 1837—after the death of her uncle, William IV—until her death on 22 January 1901, after which she was succeeded by her eldest son, Edward VII. Her reign lasted for 63 years and seven months, a longer period than any of her predecessors.

The term 'Victorian' was in contemporaneous usage to describe the era. The era has also been understood more extensively as a period that possessed sensibilities and characteristics distinct from those adjacent, in which case it is sometimes dated to begin before Victoria's accession—typically from the passage of or agitation for (during the 1830s) the Reform Act 1832, which introduced a wide-ranging change to the electoral system of England and Wales. Definitions according to a distinct sensibility or politics have also created skepticism about the worth of the label "Victorian", though there have equally been defenses of it as a marker of time.


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