Arnott’s Australian Collection, ‘Wood Choppers’, 900g. Biscuit Tin, c.1979

released over 40 years ago, vintage Arnott’s Aust’n Collection 1, ‘Wood Choppers’, 22 diameter x 12 cm high, 900g. Biscuit Tin, c.1979; fairly rare tin, as it infrequently comes up for sale – see more info below

‘Oozing’ Australiana, this tin is one of a set of 3 in the ‘Australian Collection’ Series, No.1 and even has its original sticker on the lid.  In a misty clearing, it shows a picture of 2 men having a break from wood chopping, in amongst typical Australian bush, on the lid and the same scene repeated around the sides of the tin. Artwork was created by Australian artist Ramon Ward-Thompson.