Biscuit tin lid

Decorated embossed lid of a tin of shortbread intended as a gift. The design is of course corny - a ‘Scotty dog’ to sell shortbread which is a typically Scottish biscuit - but it was probably produced as Christmas merchandise. The Scots ofte offer shortbread to visitors around Hogmanay (i.e. the New Year festivities). 

Tin printing is largely overlooked by printing historians, which is odd, given that it occupies animportant place in the origins of offset lithography.