Cinnamon Canister

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Artifact Overview

Before products like coffee, tea, and spices were individually packaged with company labels and logos grocers dispensed them from metal bins and canisters. These large tin containers were not only a convenient storage place that kept products dry, but their colorful painted, printed, and stenciled decorations provided an attractive display on the store's shelves and counters.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Canister

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2017.0.34.248

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Tin (Metal)

Color

Black (Color)
Gold (Color)
Red

Dimensions

Height: 6.75 in
Width: 7.0 in
Length: 7.875 in

Inscriptions

on front: W. CINN . . .
Cinnamon Canister