Tea Bin
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned grocer's or display tea bin, polychrome- and gilt-decorated on its rounded front with the name of the tea "MING YONG." in black above a chinoiserie or Oriental-style scene of a Chinese man with long mustache, yellow conical hat and shoes, red robe and green pants pouring green tea into a large box; additional boxes fill foreground and pagoda-type buildings in background. Container has flat sides, back and bottom, all with folded edges and an angled, gilt-banded, hinged lid with a circular ring handle near bottom and two hinges along top. Opening has wire-rolled rims, while the lid has a folded edge and inward-curved flange. Tinned interior. No marks. One of two tea bins, DL*263901.0141-.0142.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.263901.0142
label: catalog number
content: 263901.0142
label: accession number
content: 263901
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bin, tea
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 13 1/4 in; 28.575 cm x 23.1775 cm x 33.655 cm