Sugar box, ca. 1770, British, South Staffordshire, White enamel on copper painted in polychrome enamels, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.), Enamels-Painted, Containing two canisters for tea (green and black) and a larger one for sugar, this chest could be locked to secure its valuable contents; both tea and sugar were expensive commodities during the eighteenth century
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Sugar box, ca, 1770, British, South Staffordshire, White enamel, copper painted, polychrome enamels, H, 3 3/4, 9.5 cm, W, 2 5/8, 6.7, Enamels-Painted, Containing two, canisters, tea, green, black, larger, sugar, chest, locked, secure, valuable contents, expensive commodities, eighteenth century
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