teabag

Tea bag contained in a white paper package decorated with a Union Jack, an American flag and a scale motif as a trade mark. Underneath this motif is written 'Boston Harbour Tea / 'Bawstonaba' Registered / Blended and packed by / Davison Newman & Co. Ltd / 52 - 58. Weston Street, London, SE1 3QJ / The firm which supplied tea / 1773 - 1774 / for the historic / Boston Tea Parties'. On the reverse is written 'Place bag in warm pot / pour on boiling water / infuse for three minutes / open here (arrow) / blended in Great Britain / Trade mark'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1992.296
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 65 x 57 x 6 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
tea leaf; paper; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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