Advertisement for "Tetley's Teas"
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, rounded corners, with transfer printed decoration on lid, inscribed "Tetley's Teas" in large red and black type-face, highlighted in yellow, featuring central image of blue elephant's head with red kerchief, elephant holds at end of curled trunk box on a string, box inscribed "Indian Ceylon," above box inscription reads "Trade Mark," all on off-white ground, edges, sides and underside gold. Lid hinged at back. Striker on underside.
place: label: manufactured in
content: probably England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-146-3
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Plated tin, enamel
label: Dimensions
content: 4.8 x 6 x 1.8 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 11/16 in. )