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Small wooden Tea Box, lined in blue paper, c.1780.
Tea was considered a luxury and deemed precious enough to keep under lock and key; two compartments inside contained black and green tea. The caddy belonged to Ruth Briggs Spencer who settled in Frelighsburg at the end of the American Revolution. (Missisquoi Historical Society Collections)
Tea was considered a luxury and deemed precious enough to keep under lock and key; two compartments inside contained black and green tea. The caddy belonged to Ruth Briggs Spencer who settled in Frelighsburg at the end of the American Revolution. (Missisquoi Historical Society Collections)