Tea Caddy

Description:

High-shouldered, baluster-shape container with friction-fit, rounded knob or mushroom-shape cover. No monogram or surface decoration. Underside of flat bottom struck incuse "PEWTER", "REED & BARTON" and "138", all above a small spreadwing eagle.

Date Made: ca 1928

Owner; User: Murray, Anne Wood

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, TauntonPlace Used: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Subject: BeveragesTea Drinking

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0566.07Accession Number: 1983.0566Catalog Number: 1983.0566.07

Object Name: caddy, tea

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 7.9375 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-265a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_322952

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