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Vintage red-brown English tea tin with various oriental images

SKU: BT-3326-21

Vintage red-brown English tea tin with various oriental images.

  • Manufacturer: container made in England
  • Date of manufacture: since 1969

Description
Square high vintage tin tea tin in the colour reddish brown and equipped with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of decorative edges at the top and bottom of the tin in gold and black.

On the lid an image of two cranes in a circle. Flying geese at the corners. The sides of the tin are decorated with images of two women in kimono near a folding screen and pot with ornamental tree and an old wise man near a pot with lotus branches and blossom. Food is being brought to him by a child.

Text on the back of the lid: container made in England.

Condition
This tea tin is in a good vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Pictures are part of the description.

Size

  • Height: 18.5 cm.
  • Length: 12.5 cm.
  • Width: 12.5 cm.

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.

Tea originated in Southwest China, where it was used as a medicinal drink. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking spread to other East Asian countries. Portuguese priests and merchants introduced it to Europe during the 16th century. During the 17th century, drinking tea became fashionable among Britons, who started large-scale production and commercialization of the plant in India to bypass the Chinese monopoly.

The term herbal tea refers to drinks not made from Camellia sinensis: infusions of fruit, leaves, or other parts of the plant, such as steeps of rosehip, chamomile, or rooibos. These are sometimes called tisanes or herbal infusions to prevent confusion with tea made from the tea plant.


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Country of origin
Engeland

Kind of object
Tea tin - tea box

Theme
Tea - oriental - storage tin - packaging

Decoration
Man - child - women - tree - blossom - cranes

Category
Vintage tins

Color
Brown - gold - black

Manufacturer
...

Brand
Container made in England

Material
Tin - metal - paint

Particularities
Hinged lid

Era
Since 1969

Quality
Good vintage condition

Height
18,50 cm

Lenght
12,50 cm

Width
12,50 cm

Shipping method
Parcel post with track & trace

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