Tea Canister
date: label: date made
content: ca 1790 - 1841
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, oval canister with friction-fit, flat cover. Canister is painted with three decorative borders: a narrow white (appears pale blue) band containing green chevron-stroke leaves and red berries at top; large, transparent white rope strokes with red, green and a few yellow overstrokes accented by yellow dot circles and leaflets below that; and a row of yellow ladle strokes at base. Yellow brushstroke groups on shoulder and cover. Canister is made in four pieces: collar has a soft-soldered lapped seam, body has one vertical folded seam at side, and the rounded shoulder and flat bottom have folded edges. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the North Tinshop of Fly Creek, NY, circa 1790-1841.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Fly Creek
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0119.35
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.35
objectType: label: Object Name
content: canister
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/16 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.49375 cm x 8.5725 cm x 6.35 cm