EARLY AUSTRALIAN TIN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLYTINY SCRATCHES ON LID AROUND THE LETTERS \"H\" AND \"A\" IN \"HAVELOCK\" AND A FEW ON THE EDGES AS SHOWN IN

PHOTOS. MEASURES 90 X 55 X 37 mm

WILLIAM CAMERON ( A SCOTTISH / AMERICAN ) OPENED A FACTORY IN BOURKE ST. MELBOURNE IN 1876 . MOVED TO \'BECKETT STREET IN 1885

IN 1902 JOINED WITH DIXSON AND SONS TO FORM THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. CHANGING TO BRITISH AUSTRALASIAN TOBACCO CO IN 1903

THEREFORETHIS TIN WOULD HAVE TO DATE BEFORE 1902.

ON THE FRONT OF THIS TIN THERE ARE PRIZE WINNING MEDALS FROM THE \" MELBOURNE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MDCCXXXV111 \"( 1888)

TO CAMERON BROTHERS AND CO. ALTHOUGH THE TIN ITSELF APPEARS TO BE MADE IN NEW YORK, (AS THERE IS A SMALL N Y ON BACK OF LID) THECONTENTS WEREPERHAPS

PROCESSEDIN MELBOURNEAND OBVIOUSLY SOLDIN AUSTRALIADURING THE LATE 19th / EARLY 20th CENTURIES

A VERY RARE TOBACCO TIN .

THIS PRIZE TIN IS THE BEST FROM MY COLLECTION AND I AMLOATHTO PART WITH IT HENCE THE HIGH STARTING offer