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Round green vintage tin canister decorated with cranes

SKU: BT-2597-19

Round green vintage tin canister decorated with cranes. 

  • Date of manufacture: 1935

Description
Round tin canister in a vintage condition with a separate insert lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a green background with green, pink and gold-coloured details that have been embossed.

The lid is decorated with a golden crane with orange legs. On the tin itself are cranes and a number of bushes on a light brown bottom. The tin stands on three semicircular ball feet which are punched out in the bottom of the tin.

Condition
This tin is in a beautiful vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Dimensions

  • Height: 12 cm.
  • Diameter: 11 cm.

Cranes are a family, the Gruidae, of large, long-legged, and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes. The 15 species of cranes are placed in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Cranes live on all continents except Antarctica and South America.

They are opportunistic feeders that change their diets according to the season and their own nutrient requirements. They eat a range of items from suitably sized small rodents, fish, amphibians, and insects to grain and berries.

Cranes construct platform nests in shallow water and typically lay two eggs at a time. Both parents help to rear the young, which remain with them until the next breeding season.

Some species and populations of cranes migrate over long distances; others do not migrate at all. Cranes are solitary during the breeding season, occurring in pairs, but during the nonbreeding season, they are gregarious, forming large flocks where their numbers are sufficient.

Most species of cranes have been affected by human activities and are at the least classified as threatened, if not critically endangered. The plight of the whooping cranes of North America inspired some of the first US legislation to protect endangered species.


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Country of origin
The Netherlands - Holland

Kind of object
Tea tin

Theme
Cranes - bushes - landscape

Category
Vintage tins

Color
Green - gold - orange

Material
Tin - metal

Particularities
Loose lid - embossed details

Era
1935

Quality
Vintage with traces of use

Height
12,00 cm

Diameter
11,00 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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