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<p>[QUOTE="AshleysBazaar, post: 9876877, member: 76855"]I'm curious to see if anyone here might recognize this tin I recently purchased. It's a decorative tin with a Dutch landscape scene on the lid. Inside the lid there is a pale green medallion under glass with a relief of a woman holding a sheaf of wheat, standing near a sheep & cow. I assume she is meant to be Demeter or Ceres.</p><p>The raised lettering was very difficult to make out as the glass is dirty but after some time with a jeweler's glass I read I H Schepp F / Societ. Agric. Amstel. / MDCCLXXVI</p><p>Is anyone familiar with this logo or the names? Any ideas what the "medallion" may be made of? Age or origin of the tin? If you recognize anything I would very much appreciate any info you can share![ATTACH=full]496061[/ATTACH] </p><p>No other writing on the tin itself, and no discernible odor.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]496062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]496063[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AshleysBazaar, post: 9876877, member: 76855"]I'm curious to see if anyone here might recognize this tin I recently purchased. It's a decorative tin with a Dutch landscape scene on the lid. Inside the lid there is a pale green medallion under glass with a relief of a woman holding a sheaf of wheat, standing near a sheep & cow. I assume she is meant to be Demeter or Ceres. The raised lettering was very difficult to make out as the glass is dirty but after some time with a jeweler's glass I read I H Schepp F / Societ. Agric. Amstel. / MDCCLXXVI Is anyone familiar with this logo or the names? Any ideas what the "medallion" may be made of? Age or origin of the tin? If you recognize anything I would very much appreciate any info you can share![ATTACH=full]496061[/ATTACH] No other writing on the tin itself, and no discernible odor. [ATTACH=full]496062[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]496063[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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