Vintage rectangular tin on feet with images of butterflies

Vintage rectangular tin on feet with images of butterflies.

• Manufacturer: unknown
• Date of manufacture: 1950s - 1960s

Description
Rectangular vintage tin with chamfered corners with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a black background with gold-coloured decorations. The chamfered corners have a gold-coloured background with black decorations.

Both the lid and the sides of the tin show images of butterflies surrounded by flowers. The tin stands on four small feet that are expressed in the can.

Condition
This tin with images of butterflies is in a vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Size

• Height: 6 cm.
• Length: 15.5 cm.
• Width: 12.5 cm.

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago.

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