DISH, TEA BAG
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact7592
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEA PACKETS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, SILK
- Catalogue Number
- P19970059000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEA PACKETS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, SILK
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Height
- 3
- Length
- 13.5
- Width
- 10
- Description
- LIGHT BLUE FADED RECTANGULAR CASE WITH A SILVER DECORATIVE CLASP ON THE FRONT. CONTAINED INSIDE ARE 2 OVAL, EGG-SHAPED STAINLESS STEEL CONTAINERS. ONE IS RUST-BROWN, WITH A MOTIF ON THE TOP OF THE LID WITH TREES AND 3 CRANES, AND OTHER IS POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL WITH 2 CRANES FLYING ETCHED INTO SURFACE. BOTH PACKETS ARE 2 PIECES, WITH JAPANESE MARKINGS STAMPED INTO THE BOTTOM. BOX IS LINED WITH PURPLE SILK, AND HAS JAPANESE MARKINGS ON THE INSIDE OF THE LID. INDENTATIONS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX TO SECURELY HOLD THE ITEMS. CASE IS WORN, FADED, AND SLIGHTLY SOILED.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S GRANDMOTHER, OLIVE MAUDE KILLEN, WHO PURCHASED ITEMS WHILE IN JAPAN. GIVEN TO DONOR'S MOTHER, MAUDE STEEL, WHO IN TURN GAVE THEM TO DONOR IN JULY, 1996. OLIVE TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970059000
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-07
- Collection
- Museum
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