Cannister
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Grocer's or display coffee bin, its rounded front stenciled "JAVA / CoffeE" in red and black decorative fonts above and below an oval reserve containing a chromolithograph of a cabin or homestead in the woods, all against a white ground. Incurved lid has a red-and-black stenciled motif and a small, white porcelain knob screwed on at front center and two hinges at top. Rest of front is painted green with chromolithographed floral designs down sides. Container has flat sides, back and bottom, all painted black with folded edges. Top front and lid have wire-rolled rims. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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.238049.0080
label: catalog number
content: 238049.0080
label: accession number
content: 238049
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bin, coffee
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 11 1/2 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 29.21 cm x 25.4 cm