Tea Canister
date: label: date made
content: 1820 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Oval, japanned tea canister or caddy with circular opening; painted black with bunches of shaded red grapes or berries and leafy green stems on front and back, yellow scallops on the rounded shoulder and flat cover top, and yellow bands on cover sides. Friction-fit cover, container and collar have soft-soldered lapped seams; cover top, shoulder and flat bottom have folded edges. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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 Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.257491.0022
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0022
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 decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 15.875 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.255 cm