Tin
Description
A 7lb Chelsea golden syrup tin with a lift off lid. " Chelsea / GOLDEN / SYRUP / Net 7 lb" is marked in white on a blue background on two sides of the tin along with two sugar canes. " MADE FROM CANE SUGAR BY / NEW ZEALAND SUGAR COMPANY LTD AUCKLAND. " is marked in blue on a white background near the base. " 50 -" is written in black felt pen on the underside of the base. The tin is empty.
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Manufacturer
Production place
Classification
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Puke
Ariki’s
collection
is
a
fascinating
mix
of
the
unusual
and
the
everyday.
Along
with
some
of
the
spectacular
objects
which
tell
stories
about
Taranaki,
we
also
collect
objects
which
hint
at
our
daily
lives,
past
and
present.
Many
New
Zealand
homes
would
have
a
tin
of
Chelsea’s
Golden
Syrup,
which
is
still
made
to
the
same
recipe
as
when
it
was
first
produced
in
1884.
The
Chelsea
Sugar
factory
sits
on
an
iconic
site
on
Auckland’s
Birkenhead
Point,
and
has
been
operating
from
there
for
130
years.
Golden
syrup
is
pale
treacle,
made
during
the
process
of
refining
sugar.
It
adds
moisture,
colour
and
a
caramel
flavour
to
baking,
most
famously
for
Anzac
biscuits.
This
blue
and
white
coloured
tin
held
7
pounds
of
syrup
–
equivalent
to
3
kilograms
–
meaning
it
would
have
been
produced
prior
to
1969,
when
the
metric
system
was
introduced
to
New
Zealand.
Accession number
A83.403
Collection type
Material
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