{"product_id":"vintage-joseph-bellamy-sons-english-fox-hunting-confectionary-tin","title":"Vintage Joseph Bellamy \u0026 Sons English Fox Hunting Confectionary Tin","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eA wonderfully graphic mid-century English confectionery tin made for Joseph Bellamy \u0026amp; Sons Ltd. of Wheldale Mills in Castleford, Yorkshire. The gently tapered square canister is wrapped in a richly colored traditional hunt scene featuring mounted riders and a lively pack of hounds racing across the English countryside.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe turquoise shoulder is decorated with classic field-sport motifs—including hunting horns, riding crops and scarlet hunt caps—and finished with a wonderfully bold red removable lid. Originally created to hold Bellamy sweets or liquorice, it now presents as an exceptionally decorative piece of authentic English equestrian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts unusual form, beautifully aged lithography and saturated color make this a particularly compelling decorative investment for the sporting home, library or tack room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eGood vintage condition with surface wear consistent with age and prior use, including scattered scuffs, rubbing, discoloration, paint loss and minor oxidation concentrated primarily around the seams and edges. The hunt imagery remains remarkably vivid and highly decorative. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE\u003cbr\u003e4.5\"long on each side x 5\"H \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROVENANCE\u003cbr\u003eMid-20th-century England, likely circa 1950s to early 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMAKER\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Bellamy \u0026amp; Sons Ltd., Wheldale Mills, Castleford, Yorkshire, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMATERIAL\u003cbr\u003eLithographed tinplate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSTYLING SUGGESTIONS\u003cbr\u003ePlace it atop a stack of leather-bound sporting books in a library, hunt room or paneled study, paired with an antique brass horse, framed equestrian print or small arrangement of paperwhites. The vivid turquoise and scarlet provide an unexpected but beautifully controlled flash of color within a Ralph Lauren–inspired equestrian vignette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt would also be striking displayed in a tack room, mudroom or dog-themed bar, and may be used decoratively to hold matchbooks, correspondence, calling cards or small keepsakes. Due to its age, we recommend decorative use rather than direct food storage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martingale East","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49060573577460,"sku":null,"price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/6782\/9748\/files\/Fox_Hunt_Canister.png?v=1785699858","url":"https:\/\/martingaleeast.com\/products\/vintage-joseph-bellamy-sons-english-fox-hunting-confectionary-tin","provider":"Martingale East","version":"1.0","type":"link"}