CADDY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEA CADDY
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- PAPER, BRASS, PINE, DARK WOOD (MAHOGANY)
- Catalogue Number
- P19672891000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEA CADDY
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- PAPER, BRASS, PINE, DARK WOOD (MAHOGANY)
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Height
- 11.4
- Length
- 20.3
- Width
- 12.4
- Description
- HINGED LID. BOX IS CONSTRUCTED OF PINE AND HAS A DARK FINISH (POSSIBLY MAHOGANY). LID IS LINED WITH GREEN PAPER. BOX IS DIVIDED INTO 2 COMPARTMENTS LINED WITH WORN SILVER PAPER. EACH COMPARTMENT HAS A LID. BRASS FITTINGS. ONE OF THE INNER LIDS IS BROKEN IN TWO. BOTH KNOBS ARE DETACHED. (BOTH MISSING). MISSING FITTING FOR KEYHOLE; FINISH CHIPPED AND CRACKED. LEGS MISSING. ONE COMPARTMENT COVER IS BROKEN.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BROUGHT FROM ENGLAND AND USED BY MRS. GEORGE PRICE. IT BELONGED TO HER MOTHER. IN THE EARLY DAYS TEA WAS VERY PRECIOUS. THE TEA BOX WAS KEPT UNDERLOCK AND KEY". DONOR CLAIMS 150 YEARS OLD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19672891000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-09
- Collection
- Museum
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