Charles Chips & Nabisco Premium Tin Pair – Mid-Century & 1970s

A classic pantry duo featuring a Charles Chips potato chip tin (one-pound size) and a Nabisco Premium Saltine Crackers 14-oz tin. The Charles Chips tin shows the brand’s maroon script logos on a mustard speckle ground with slogans “A Better Name for a Better Potato Chip” and “Farm Fresh,” plus dual plant marks Mountville, PA and Calhoun, KY—a configuration commonly seen on mid-century examples. Text around the base (e.g., “Potatoes cooked in purest vegetable oil with salt added” and “container sterilized before re-use”) reflects the company’s famed refill/home-delivery program. The Nabisco tin displays the diagonal corner Nabisco mark, starburst “The cracker with CRUNCH,” and the note “4 wax wrapped stack packs.” A UPC barcode on the reverse dates this design to post-1974, most likely late-1970s–1980s. Together they offer strong cross-collectible appeal—kitchen/advertising, grocery history, and Americana décor.

Condition:
Good, scratched; dents and scratches throughout; age-appropriate wear overall; areas of finish wear/loss. Tape adhesive on top of cracker tin lid. See photos.

Dimensions (inches):
Cracker Tin: 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2
Potato Chip Tin: 9 1/2 diameter x 8 1/2 high
Note: Campbell’s soup can appears in photos for scale.