Canister
Canister
- Description
- Brown-painted, cylindrical container with friction-fit beadwork cover featuring a floral spray in shades of translucent brown and opaque white against an opaque medium blue ground. Container and cover band are accented with gold penciling or pin stripes, and each made in two pieces, with top ring and flat bottom folded over soft-soldered lapped seam sides. Cover has a rolled wire rim; top edge of container is folded with raised bead below. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- canister
- date made
- 1865 - 1915
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- glass (beadwork material)
- thread (beadwork material)
- paint (exterior decoration material)
- gold (exterior decoration material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 3/8 in x 4 3/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 11.1125 cm
- ID Number
- DL.257491.0010
- catalog number
- 257491.0010
- accession number
- 257491
- Credit Line
- Kenneth E. Jewett
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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