Plastic 'Maxpax' tea cup with lid
- Made:
- 1965-1999 in unknown
- maker:
- Travellers-Fare
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Plastic tea cup with lid. 'Maxpax' green and red design on a white cup with brown lid.
Before convenient packaging was invented, station refreshment rooms, hotels and dining cars served food and drink in silverware and fine china. All sets needed to match and could not be used if chipped or incomplete. Cups, cutlery and crockery were embellished with the company name to help prevent losses and theft.
Details
- Category:
- Passenger Comforts
- Object Number:
- 2010-7258
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 76 mm 71 mm,
- type:
- cup
- credit:
- General Foods Limited