Tea Canister
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Swelled- or rounded-top, japanned canister with friction-fit, low-domed, stepped cover stamped as one piece; half pound size. Canister is made in four pieces, the collar, rounded conical shoulder and cylindrical body have soft-soldered lapped seams; the shoulder and body are joined by a folded seam while the flat bottom has a folded edge. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: United States, Eastern
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.257491.0014
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0014
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: canister, tea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior deocration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior deocration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 3 in; 14.2875 cm x 7.62 cm