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Coffee Canister

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1860-1900

GUSN

GUSN-11641

Description

A rectangular wooden crate enclosing a conforming tin canister with circular threaded lid. the crate is stenciled.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canisters
cookware
pine (wood)
tin (metal)
stenciling
wood (plant material)
pine (wood)
Tin
Pine
Stenciled
CANISTER, FOOD-STORAGE

Inscription

Stenciled in black on the sides of the crate are: Berry Dodge Co./Newburyport, Ma./Pure Coffee . Also: 301 .

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Berry Dodge Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Newburyport, MA, USA

Dimensions

14 x 16 x 10.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.659

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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