1927 - 1941. Lithographed Tin. "Aviation" implied "Premium"; unlike the name implies, it was not an oil designed for air plane engines. Bilingual. Excellent colour and gloss. Pinpoint nicks to surface. Re-rolled. 6.5" x 4" dia.

Size
6.5" x 4" dia.

Condition
Excellent colour and gloss. Pinpoint nicks to surface. Re-rolled.

Medium
CCCC was one of Canada’s early sign manufacturing companies, with business roots tracing back to 1867, a time when two ancestral companies that would eventually form the CCCC were in the early stages of development. The first company was Firstbrook Bros. Ltd., founded in 1867 in Toronto, Ontario, a pioneer in the shipping business, primarily producing wooden shipping boxes. The second company was the A.R. Whittall Can Co. Ltd., founded in 1888 in Montreal, Quebec, a pioneer in early Canadian lithographed tins and tinware. In 1935 the two were purchased by the newly formed CCCC, a move that would make the CCCC a major player in the Canadian packaging industry. By the 1940s the CCCC manufactured tin cans for food products, oil, paint, varnish, lard, beer and drugs. In 1983 the company was sold to CCL Industries Inc., a global packaging pioneer and the world’s largest label maker. (Note: Distinct from the Continental Can Company of America.)