FREE: Antique Tindeco Tin Co., Savigne Nut Co. round nut tin

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Here is a rare old nut tin made by the Tindeco Tin Co of Baltimore. This company operated from 1914-1965. They made this tin to contain Savigne salted nuts. Tin is in good condition, has a rich patina from age. Minor surface rust adds to the cachet. Tin is 7.5 inches across, 1.5 tall. I am not able to find anything on Savigne Nut Company, but they must have been productive, since they bought wholesale tins from Tindeco.
TINDECO
1914---1965

The Tin Decorating Company of Baltimore, or Tindeco for short, was located on Baltimore's waterfront. This huge factory complex began producing colorful tin cans there beginning June 1914. Tindeco was the largest tin decorating plant in the world. The plant floor area was just over 7 acres, housing 35 lithographic presses, plus flat bed presses which used engraved stones, shaping and stamping machines, and huge drying ovens. Tindeco could produce four million tins a day, including one million 10 cent tobacco tins. Besides the different tobacco items made, there were also candy boxes, cookie and cake tins, medicine tins and talcum powder cans. Tindeco employed 1,000 to 1,400 men the first full year of operation. By 1922, 3,000 workers were needed during busy seasons when the factory operated 24 hours a day. The Tindeco factory was self-sufficient. Everything needed to make a tin, except the raw materials, was within the factory confines. Paints were ground and mixed on site, and there was even an art department to design the spectacular tin cans. The Tindeco machine shop was one of the finest in the United States. Many of the employees, but especially the machinists, were highly skilled German and Polish immigrants. Machinists designed the dies needed for the complex can shapes. Many of the machines used in the tin industry were invented in the Tindeco machine shop. By 1922 the product line had been expanded to include a variety of kitchen objects, plus items from several famous illustrators.