Tea Canister
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: Dover Stamping Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical, japanned canister gilt stenciled on front of body with "TEA" in an arched, scrolled surround from which hangs a vase of flowers draped with tassels; gold bands encircle the low-domed, hinged lid and domed shoulder. Lid is stamped as one piece with a small loop soft soldered on front opposite one hinge at back. Body has a vertical folded seam; attached top and flat bottom have folded edges. Bottom is stamped with the raised number "2".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0541.4
label: accession number
content: 1988.0541
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0541.4
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 finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 11.43 cm