fbpx

Box of Tea

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

GUSN

GUSN-34176

Description

Cardboard box of tea.

Details

Descriptive Terms

caddies
cardboard
Canister, Food Storage
Canister, Tea
Canister, Tea

Inscription

"DARTMOUTH / E. I. Co. / BOMEA TEA / Destroyed by the / BOSTON TEA PARTY / 1775 / Griffin's Wharf, Boston" (printed)
"PACIFIC MAIL ST & R.R./ O. T. Co. / Extra Curious / FORMOSA TEA / IMPORTED BY / ORIENTAL TEA CO. / 1873 / 85 Court St., BOSTON" (printed)

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Anne F. Caryl

Accession Number

1931.1186

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].