Do you have a great many magnets you use as needle minders? Wheelhaus Needlepoint has a cute video of a vintage hinged metal box they use to corral their needle minders and other tools on their Instagram.
Where can you find metal candy boxes? I think the best place to start looking is Etsy. Search for "vintage candy hinged tin boxes" and see what you come up with. (The best boxes I found were Blue Bird Harry Vincent confectionary tins from England.)
I found this charming Whitman's Candy tin box.
This English box is decorated with a reproduction of a French romantic artist.
Are you an Art Deco fan? This box is round and doesn't have a hinged lid but I like it a lot.
Here's another vintage English tin candy container with a knobbed lid that is in good shape and very attractive.
This West German chest type box is decorated with angels on each end.
Have fun browsing!
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