"Ying Mee" Tea Tin
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Squat, cylindrical retail tin with friction-fit, circular cover bearing a hand-colored, lithographed paper label for "YING MEE" and "PRODUCE (sic) IN CANTON CHINA TEA", the lines separated by two Chinese characters in a yellow band encircling a tree peony at center. Cover and container collar and body have soft-soldered lapped seams, while the flat cover top, rounded shoulder and flat bottom are attached with soft-soldered folded edges. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Canton, Canton
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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.257491.0017
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0017
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: paper, wove (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 12.065 cm