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Coffee Tin
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-TIN; WOOD - UNKNOWN
- Description
- a) A cylindrical shaped tin coffee can with removable lid. This can has a design with a slanted red and brown bordered rectangle, with bronze-colored ornamentation surrounding it, and 'COFFEE' in bronze-colored print. Surrounding the design are drawings and inscriptions of the "PARLIAMENT BUILDIN…
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MERCHANDISING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- a) A cylindrical shaped tin coffee can with removable lid. This can has a design with a slanted red and brown bordered rectangle, with bronze-colored ornamentation surrounding it, and 'COFFEE' in bronze-colored print. Surrounding the design are drawings and inscriptions of the "PARLIAMENT BUILDING OTTAWA, BROCK'S MONUMENT, CITADEL QUEBEC, CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY MONTREAL, TORONTO UNIVERSITY, GATE OF CITADEL AND OLD CLOCK TOWER HALIFAX'. The drawings are in brown print with a yellowish background each depicting the places named. The other side of the can has "WOOD'S CANADIAN SOUVENIR COFFEE" in red print. The letters are at an angle with one word just above the other on the right and left side. In the middle of the can is a seascape drawing with a bronze-colored border. Below that on the left hand side is "ONE POUND, FULL WEIGHT" in brown print and "THOS. WOOD AND CO. IMPORTERS & ROASTERS, BOSTON & MONTREAL" in a smaller brown print. In the same location but more to the right is "CHOICE FLAVOR, ALWAYS PURE, OF GREAT STRENGTH" in brown print. A brown and bronze-colored design with red and bronze-colored border encircle the side of the can near the bottom.
b) The lid is circular with a black wooden knob in the center. The design on top is a black circle with a red and black border and light brown circle with a black and red border that surrounds it. The rim has a design that is black in color. Diameter 10.7cm H.
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-TIN; WOOD - UNKNOWN
- Height
- 16.3
- Diameter
- 10.7
- Circumference
- 33.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Accession No.
- 1980.165.8 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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