There are so many different sorts of storage jars out there and, I have to admit, I’m not a fan of the pre-labelled ones for the most part. My own storage jars are all the same Quatre Saison with the gold lids in varying sizes. I prefer glass so you don’t need a label and you can see at a glance how much is left.
But I will make an exception for a good tin. And this is a good tin. This one is from Mora Approved and I’ll let them explain it to you.
“The Droste effect is an illustration style where an image appears within itself in a place where a similar picture would realistically appear. While it sounds like the plot for Inception, it was the inspiration for MC Escher’s mind-bending drawings in the 1950’s – the most famous being the never ending stairs of Relativity.
This tin is thought to be about 70 years old and came from a flea market in Amsterdam. If you look closely you can see the image of the nurse holding the tray with the tin and the image of the nurse and so on and so on.
If you don’t fancy that tin, then they have another; featuring illustrations of Jip and Janneke – well-known child characters by the famous Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp.
The Droste tin is £45 and the other is £15. But look out for your own vintage tins. They’re great for tea, coffee and biscuits.
Love that tin… I admit I got confused by the explanation of the Droste effect, but then I looked again and saw the nun repeated ad infinitum and immediately got a big case of the “I wants”. Fabulous!