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K1019 Biscuit, 'Osborne', in sealed display box, tin / glass / card / biscuit, made by William Arnott Ltd, Melville Street, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1922, displayed at All-Australian Exhibition, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 2, K1019 Biscuit, 'Osborne', in sealed display box, tin / glass / card / biscuit, made by William Arnott Ltd, Melville Street, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1922, displayed at All-Australian Exhibition, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922. Click to enlarge
  • Image 2 of 2, K1019 Biscuit, 'Osborne', in sealed display box, tin / glass / card / biscuit, made by William Arnott Ltd, Melville Street, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1922, displayed at All-Australian Exhibition, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922. Click to enlarge

'Osborne' biscuit by William Arnott displayed at the All-Australian Exhibition

This Arnott's Osborne biscuit was made in Newcastle, NSW, in 1922. Despite the popularity of this custard-flavoured plain biscuit for afternoon tea or supper in the early 1900s, the Osborne biscuit is no longer part of the Arnott's range which still includes lines such as Milk Arrowroot, SAOs, Scotch Fingers and Iced VoVos, which date back to that time. The Osborne biscuit was on sale for only a few decades and was produced at Arnott's Newcastle factory at Cooks Hill which closed in 1942.

Summary

Object No.

K1019

Object Statement

Biscuit, 'Osborne', in sealed display box, tin / glass / card / biscuit, made by William Arnott Ltd, Melville Street, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1922, displayed at All-Australian Exhibition, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922

Physical Description

The Biscuit is placed in a display box. Only the top is visible. It is pale in colour, circular in shape and pricked on the top surface. It features the wording "Arnott Osborne Newcastle". The tin display box has soldered joins and a glass display window. The biscuit is sitting on padding together with blue cardboard.

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Dimensions

Height

90 mm

Width

75 mm

Depth

27 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of J & D Miller, 1983

Acquisition Date

19 December 1983

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'Osborne' biscuit by William Arnott displayed at the All-Australian Exhibition 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 25 March 2023, <https://ma.as/259540>

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