Canister
before 1850
19th Century
7 in. x 5 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Household Object
Medium and Support:
metal
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum
Accession Number:
X1972.116 a&b
A tin canister (a) with a removable lid (b). It is a half cylinder and may have been a tea canister. The bright solder along the seam indicates that it was probably made before 1850.