Bushells tea container

Overview

nearly square rusty Bushells tea tin, has a lot of rusty spots on each side and all the top is rusty, features a pastoral scene of a women harvesting tea into a basket, has colors of yellow, blue, green & pink.

Historical information

these Bushells tea containers are vintage which served as a storage container for the Australian tea Brand established in 1883.
Bushells is an iconic Austrslian company. this design features a pastoral scene of a women harvesting tea with a basked, common tin from 1920's to1940's

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-126-78.49
Item type
Domestic Objects
Material
Tin Alloy
Width
20 cm
Height or length
24 cm
Inscriptions and markings

BUSHELLS is in larger print near top of tin with the smaller print of TEA overprint in the center of the H of bushells. on each side is very worn and dull print of "Young tender leaves picked fresh and cured slowly give bushells tea that enticing flavor". also a hand printed Haricot Beans in black is on one side.

Contextual information

tins like this are very old and was used by one of the early settlers of Ongerup, not known who.

Keywords
Food & Drink Consumption
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Last modified
Friday, 17 April, 2026
Completeness
83
Ongerup and Needilup district Museum

Ongerup and Needilup district Museum

78.91 Bushells tea tin

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