Red-painted Tinware Tea Canister

Description:

Red-painted Tinware Tea Canister, Pennsylvania, c. 1825-35, decorated with red and yellow flowers and green leaves, ht. 5 1/8 in.

Provenance: Martha Star Lewis Collection; Olde Hope Antiques; Richard Godshall Collection.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

There is a 1/2 in. wide dent in the back with associated paint loss, and a few other very small spots of paint loss mostly at the shoulder.


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