Social History — 1885-1910
Canister, tea canister
Large metal tea canister painted gold and black with Chinese lettering. The canister was previously used for storing loose tea in F.W. Bugg's grocery store at 114 Talbot Road, Westbourne Grove. Customers could purchase individual quantities of various varieties of loose tea that would be weighed and packaged by the grocer, usually in brown paper.
- Category:
- Social History
- Object ID:
- 83.547/427
- Object name:
- canister, tea canister
- Object type:
- canister, tea canister
- Artist/Maker:
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- Related people:
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- Related events:
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- Related places:
- 114 Talbot Road, Westbourne Grove, London [Kensington and Chelsea] (F.W. Bugg, Grocer), Kensington and Chelsea
- Production date:
- 1885-1910
- Material:
- tin, paint
- Measurements/duration:
- H 460 mm, DM 264 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
- Museum of London Docklands: Warehouse of the World
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Credit:
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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