Basket Item Number: 1588/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

A light yellow-brown cylindrical basket (part a) covering a yellow metal can with a basketry lid (part b). The can states the following around the rim of its lid in black: "FOR OVER SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS THIS TRADE MARK HAS BEEN KNOWN THROUGHOUT CANADA AS THE SAFEST GUIDE TO RELIABLE TOBACCOS", with a rectangular trade mark in the centre stating the following: "W.C.MACDONALD INC. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE TOBACCOS. MONTREAL. TRADE MARK REGISTERED". The basket (part a) has a horizontal row of green around the top, and horizontal rows of green, brown, and green around the bottom. The side of the basket (part a) is decorated with various birds and geometric swirl designs. The side of the basket tapers into an upright rim. The lid (part b) is relatively flat with dark green and light green animals, and red and orange flying birds surrounded by a circle line of brown and green. The side of the lid (part b) has a horizontal row of green going around it.