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VINTAGE

Enamel Bread Bin

£85.00

A 1930s rectangular half-size white enamel bread bin with rounded corners, original lid and good typeface. These half-sized enamel bread bins are getting increasingly difficult find, and not being too tall they handily tuck onto a shelf or underneath a wall-mounted kitchen cabinet.

History of enamel in the home

Up until the mid 19th century kitchen vessels were either ceramic or tin. Although the enamelling process had been invented hundreds of years before, it took the Industrial Revolution to drive forward the quality of vitreous enamelling and its application to everyday household objects; and by the end of the 19th Century enamelled kitchen items of all shapes and sizes had become commonplace.

Note: much "vintage enamel" popular today was, and still is, made in Poland - and some of it is not as old as it would appear.  This bread bin however is a genuine early piece and was made in the UK.

Year of manufacture: c.1930

Origin: England 

Material: enamelware

Dimensions: Width 32cm  Width including handles 35cm  Depth 24cm  Height 20cm

Condition: nibbles and knocks to the lid rim and some wear to the base; a small 1cm wide hole in the lid in one corner; and some discolouration inside - see images.