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Dutch Cocao Canister

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-266273

Description

Tubular cardboard canister; red bottom and red removable lid; sides of canister are wrapped with a tan label with gold lettering; there is a tea kettle on one side of the label and an oriental well on the other side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canisters
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
ink
East Asian
Canister, Food-storage

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 5/16 x 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of John Booras

Accession Number

2003.22AB

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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