A VICTORIAN PAINTED TOLE TEA CANISTER

A VICTORIAN PAINTED TOLE TEA CANISTER

19TH CENTURY

black, decorated in browns and gold with number '20', oval retail label 'Parnall & Sons Ltd' to rear, stamped with a letter 'B' to underside

44cm high, 24.5cm diameter

Catalogue Note

William Parnall set up his weights and measures manufactory in 1820 at Narrow Wine Street, Bristol and by the 1880s, having expanded into making retail equipment and fittings, his company became the largest shopfitting supplier in England.