Vintage Scottish Toffee Tin – The Celebrated Moffat Toffee E. Blacklock, Moffat some age related wear unbelievably has the original toffees inside ( not for consumption I would not recommend eating them purely display 🤣)
Oh this is gorgeous — a proper little Scottish toffee tin with that lovely all-over houndstooth-style pattern and the Moffat landmark illustration. Absolutely the sort of thing that sells on nostalgia + display value alone. ❤️
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Vintage Scottish Toffee Tin – The Celebrated Moffat Toffee (E. Blacklock, Moffat)
A charming vintage Scottish advertising tin from the famous spa town of Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway, printed for “The Celebrated Moffat Toffee” by E. Blacklock, High Street, Moffat, Scotland.
This delightful tin has a striking black-and-cream all-over pattern, with bold red typography to the front and a wonderful illustrated vignette showing the Colvin Fountain, Moffat — a lovely local landmark detail that makes it especially appealing for collectors of Scottish ephemera, advertising tins, and souvenir packaging.
Originally produced to hold 198g of Moffat toffee, it now makes a brilliant little piece for decorative storage (tea bags, craft bits, buttons, sweets, keepsakes), or simply as a display piece in a kitchen dresser or vintage pantry shelf.
✨ Why we love it
Strong Scottish collectible appeal
Great graphic design with landmark illustration
Wonderful “proper vintage shop tin” look
Ideal small display/storage tin for home styling
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Condition
Vintage condition with expected signs of age and use, including surface wear, marks and some tarnishing to the base/interior (as photographed). Overall still presents beautifully and displays extremely well.
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Approx. size
8 cm round
10 cm tall
Small cylindrical tin (please add exact measurements if you’d like it in a tighter listing format).
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Maker’s history – E. Blacklock of Moffat
This tin was produced for E. Blacklock, a traditional High Street business in Moffat, Scotland, remembered locally for selling the town’s celebrated toffee as a regional speciality and souvenir treat. Items such as this were sold as both confectionery packaging and as mementos for visitors to Moffat, which was long associated with tourism due to its status as a historic spa town and stop-off destination.
As a result, surviving tins like this are now collected not only for their decorative design, but also for their connection to Scottish travel history, local trade, and nostalgic confectionery branding.
