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Messmer Tee Tea Merchant’s Storage Tin in huge size: 25.5 x 25.5 x 36.5 cm. Tin dates from c 1910, Germany. A so-called “Künstlerdose” designed by the German artist and graphic designer Ivo Puhonny (1876-1940) (see also his biography: http://www.bad-bad.de/gesch/puhonny.htm) |
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lid |
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detail from sides |
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detail from front |
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front side meditation about tea: “two leaves and a bud” |