Name/Title
Tea ChestEntry/Object ID
2006.081.001Description
006.81.1
Wooden tea chest, commercial size, modified rectangular shape, with sloped-front, hinged lid having clipped corners. Front of chest has chamfered corners to match corners of lid, which overhangs edges of chest. Chest painted reddish-brown and apparently given a distressed finish. Lid has been hand lettered with wide gold stretched hexagon border, shadowed with sage green and black, framing hand-lettered gold-with-green/black shadowing “ENGLISH [in a slight curve]/B’KF’ST.” [for English Breakfast tea]. Chamfered areas of chest base have wide, vertical gold-green-black stripe. Chest front has rectangular gold-green-black frame with three vertical Chinese characters. Back of chest painted grey with black stenciling “A. Schilling & Co./Originate./Competitors/Imitate.” Inside of chest has been lined with metallic paper, now deteriorated. Underside of lid has added piece of grey-painted wood that fits closely into chest opening. Pencilled notation reads: “x/Box/2?? lbs[?]Acquisition
Accession
2006.081Notes
Mode of Acquisition: giftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Chest, TeaNomenclature Primary Object Term
Chest, Food StorageNomenclature Sub-Class
Food Storage EquipmentNomenclature Class
Food Processing & Preparation T&ENomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for MaterialsCreated By
Jones, IsabelCreate Date
September 12, 2007Update Date
May 16, 2025