A sterling silver tea can imported from the Netherlands by the UK. Each side has classic Dutch character story scene reliefs. Rich and active Dutch silverware style. The top cover has a lion, which is very domineering and beautiful. Total height 14.3 cm. Mouth size 3.6 x 2.5 cm. Can body size 8.7 x 7 cm. Bottom size 6.6 x 5.6 cm. Weight: 177 grams. Note: Why the mouth design of tea cans in the 18th and 19th centuries was relatively small? Because there was no tea plantation and production in Europe at that time, European nobles imported tea from China to the West. Therefore, tea was a luxury at that time and was quite expensive. People had to drink it sparingly, so the mouth had to be deliberately designed to be smaller, so as not to grab too much tea in one hand and feel embarrassed to put it back [snickering] Letter F, UK Chester import mark. Letter B represents the year: 1902 For sterling silver items from other countries around Europe that want to enter the UK (the British must mark and record them), it is very strictly enforced. Importer B M Museum-level antique sterling silver tea can.