Antique Mackenzies Biscuits Display Cabinet in Mahogany, 1880

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A “Mackenzie & Mackenzie's High Class Biscuits” Victorian Period Mahogany Trade Display Biscuit Cabinet, circa 1880

This is a rare … Read more A “Mackenzie & Mackenzie's High Class Biscuits” Victorian Period Mahogany Trade Display Biscuit Cabinet, circa 1880

This is a rare and highly decorative late 19th-century country store biscuit display cabinet, advertising “Mackenzie & Mackenzie's High Class Biscuits” in its original reverse gilt lettering across the top. Beautifully made in mahogany, the cabinet has a rectangular mahogany top and three slanted display compartments, each with its original glass lift-up door, brass “compass” hinges designed to hold the doors open and pair of brass handles. Originally used near a shop counter to present tins and packets of biscuits, the angled interior was specifically designed to make the contents both visually appealing and easy to reach. Mackenzie & Mackenzie's were prominent biscuit makers to the King, based in Edinburgh and London, and were among the most prestigious biscuit manufacturers of the late 19th and early 20th century, making original pieces of their trade furniture exceptionally hard to find today. This Victorian example retains its brass fittings and handles, with gilt advertising to the centre. This cabinet remains in excellent antique condition, showing only the normal marks and scuffs consistent with age and honest use. A very useful and highly decorative piece of genuine trade history, it has great potential for modern use as a bookcase, display shelf, or feature cabinet in a kitchen, pantry, shop, café, bar, or collector’s interior, and represents a unique surviving example of late 19th-century advertising furniture. See less