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Decorated tea canister w/ image of Queen Victoria on 2 ends, sides decorated in painted green weave design. Screw round lid on top decorated w/ insignia bearing the letters "S" "S" & "P".
canisters
cookware
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Tin
Painted
CANISTER, FOOD STORAGE
In exhibit: "Boston Close Up" at the SPNEA One Bowdoin Square Gallery, November 9, 1999 - February 12, 2000.
Painted on ends: ""Queen's Own Blend/ Breakfast Tea/ Distributed by S.S. Pierce""
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
S.S. Pierce Co.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Unknown
4.375 x 4 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.869
Massachusetts (United States)
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