Tea Canister
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Oblong hexagonal canister or caddy with crystallized, metallic gold finish; circular opening. Friction-fit cover, container and collar have soft-soldered lapped seams; slightly rounded, overhanging cover top, flat shoulder and projecting flat bottom have folded edges. No marks. Loose tea inside.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388492
label: catalog number
content: 388492
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: canister
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: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: tea (contents material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 8.5725 cm x 6.0325 cm