vintage Arnott’s Aust’n Style ‘Harp of Erin’, 900g. Biscuit Tin, c.1981

released over 40 years ago, vintage Arnott’s Aust’n Style series, ‘Harp of Erin’, by R. Booth, 900g. Biscuit Tin, c.1981;  a fairly rare tin – see more info below

Released in 1981, this truly rural Australian tin, is one of a set of 2, in the ‘Australian Style’ Series. In typical Australian style, it shows a stage coach delivering a Victorian lady to the ‘Harp of Erin’ on the lid and people waiting at the quaint railway station as the steam train arrives, repeated around the sides of the tin. The artwork was painted by Australian artist Robert Booth.