Vintage tin with an image of an English fox hunting scene

Vintage tin with an image of an English fox hunting scene. 

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• Date of manufacture: 1950s - 1960s

Description
Rectangular vintage tin with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a gold-colored background with dark brown details. The lid shows an image of an English fox hunting scene  with various riders on horseback and a pack of hunting dogs.

The front and back are decorated with pheasant, fox and partridge. On both ends a picture of a dog's head.

Condition
This tin is in an original vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Dimensions

• Height: 8 cm.
• Length: 23.5 cm.
• Width: 13 cm.

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.

Fox hunting with hounds, as a formalised activity, originated in England in the sixteenth century, in a form very similar to that practised until February 2005, when a law banning the activity in England and Wales came into force. A ban on hunting in Scotland had been passed in 2002, but it continues to be within the law in Northern Ireland and several other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland and the United States. In Australia, the term also refers to the hunting of foxes with firearms, similar to deer hunting.

The sport is controversial, particularly in the United Kingdom. Proponents of fox hunting view it as an important part of rural culture, and useful for reasons of conservation and pest control while opponents argue that it is cruel and unnecessary.

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