In the 19th century, tins were used to store many products, including commodities such as tea, spices and snuff, because of their air tight seals that preserved freshness. Before the days of media ...

Vintage storage containers have been making a surprising comeback in homes lately. You might notice their unique charm and ...

The image shown here might surprise you: It is not a bookshelf full of books. It is an antique tin box that held cookies (called biscuits) in England about 1905. Grocery stores in the past were very ...

What an amazing example of one of the better known collectibles in my antique world: collecting tins, especially coffee or tobacco tins. It seems that most everyone who started collecting antiques may ...

All types of candy containers are popular collectibles -- everything from tin boxes to papier-mache figures to figural glass containers. The containers were made in shapes that attracted children ...