Box, Food-Storage
- Object Name:
- Box, Food-Storage
- Object ID:
- 1967.045.15
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Tea box. Square wooden box with finger (box) joints. Interior lined with silvered paper, exterior covered with bright red paper, three sides with Oriental designs in gold (ladies, pagodas, etc.). Front with label reading, "CHOICEST / NEW SEASONS / TEAS / DICKERMAN & CO. / WHOLESALE GROCERS / CONCORD, N.H."
- Material:
- Paper
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-11.5 W-12 D-12 inches
- Provenance:
- The Concord Directory of 1870, p. 194, lists "Staniels & Dickerman" of No. 3 North End Phenix Hotel Building, "at the old stand," as wholesale and retail dealers in "WEST INDIA GOODS."
From the Ernest Putnam home at 20-22 Green Street, Concord, NH. He was a druggist on Main Street. The house was purchased by the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Camp
- Subjects:
- Tea, Tea industry
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