Canada’s Patterson Candy Company was opened on Yonge Street
in Toronto in 1888 by John Patterson and Robert Wilson but was originally called
the Boston Candy Company. In 1891, Wilson left the company and it became The
Patterson Candy Company eventually expanding to Queen Street West. The company was famous for Full
O’Cream and Wildfire bars and once had Canada’s largest soda fountain. I would love to have visited.
I learned about the Patterson Candy Company only after I found
this large Moonlight Mellos tin, which reads “Fluffy Marshmallows That Melt in
the Mouth” and “Good for Baking Topping Cakes, Eating and Toasting.” As I am writing
this text, with the tin sitting on my desk beside me, I can almost smell the marshmallow scent. Do you think there could really be a remnant of the
smell in the tin after what could be a hundred years or is it simply a figment of my imagination?
Anyway, the tin is fairly big, measuring 10 1/2 inches in
diameter across the lid and 5 1/4 inches tall and would have held a lot of
marshmallows! It is blue and features an art deco-style with a fairy swinging on a rope before a large yellow moon and red and yellow party
decorations. This tin and pretty well all of the others that I see online that are probably a hundred years old, shows lots of wear and discoloration, even on the inside. I definitely would not store food in it anymore but I would consider it a great addition to a
collection of antique tins. The one shown here was mine and is sold but you can click here to search for another Moonlight Mellos tin on eBay. With any luck there might be another one available today.
what treasures I might have
Vintage in my eBay store.
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