Oil tins. Please help identify these

[Andy Naude]

Found these two, similar, oil tins recently. Totally different sources.

Size 102 mm (h) 74 mm (w) 37 mm (d).

The one on the left is marked at the bottom: /I\ J.F. Ltd B.D. 6161 44

The one on the right is marked on the cap: /I\ P & P and on the top on the tin T.B. (still filled with oil).

Your assistance is appreciated.~~~

 

[siegfreid]

The smaller one , at least , is from the cleaning kit for a Vickers MG . The other might be a different type from a similar kit but I'm not sure . Hope this helps . Mike .

 

[Andy Naude]

Thank you Mike. They are both the same size. Just the photo playing with the eyes.

Andy

 

[siegfreid]

Andy . Ah ! I'm often easily confused . About 15 or 20 years ago there were many hundreds of these for sale in boxes of 50 at fairs in the UK . Presumably they had recently been liberated from surplus stock somewhere . I purchased a couple of boxes & did rather well selling them on eBay for £10-15 each tin . Took me years to dispose of the lot but they always sold . Mike .