TIN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEA TIN
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19950004002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEA TIN
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Description
- 1. 12.3CM (H) X 14.7CM (W) X 9.4CM (L). STEEL TEA CADDY TIN, WITH HINGED LID. EIGHT FACES. RED FRONT HAS COLOR PORTRAIT OF "H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II". FLAG OF UNITED STATES TO THE LEFT, AND ENSIGN TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT SIDE HAS STEAMSHIP PICTURED, WITH "SHIP PASSING THROUGH LOCK ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY PHOTO-CAPITAL PRESS SERVICE, OTTAWA" IN CAPTION BELOW. BACK HAS PORTRAIT OF "H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH" WITH FLAGS REPEATED AT SIDES. LID IS PAINTED WITH MAP OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND SURROUNDING AREA, WITH COMPASS TO THE RIGHT, AND THE OPENING OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY BY H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1959 IN SCROLL AT UPPER LEFT CORNER. INSIDE LID READS "A PRODUCT OF SCOTLAND GRAY DUNN BISCUIT MANUFACTURERS ESTABLISHED 1853". 2. 13.5CM (H) X 12.2CM (W) X 9CM (L). STEEL TIN WITH HINGED LID. PAINTED RED, GOLD, AND BLACK. FRONT HAS PICTURE OF TWO MEN IN TROPICAL AREA, WITH SCROLLED LEAF DESIGN FRAMING IT. BOTTOM HAS OUTLINE OF FRAME FOR LABEL. SIDES HAVE MATCHING SCROLLED LEAF DESIGN. BACK CENTRE HAS PICTURED TWO WOMEN IN TROPICAL AREA. PAINT IS SCRATCHED AND WORN IN SEVERAL PLACES, ESPECIALLY ON LID.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- MERCHANDISING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S PARENTS. FAMILY CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1956.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950004002
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-01
- Collection
- Museum
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