Antique Black & White Enamel Billy Can – Flask & Cup With Handle – Age Character Art & Craft Besides requiring a good polishing

Besides requiring a good polishing

Alfred Meakin Ltd was established in 1875 and operated from Royal Albert

CONDITION: The tea pot has a chip on the inside of the rim (please see picture)

also the original glass inner liner which should be present is no longer with the item

Antique Black & White Enamel Billy Can – Flask & Cup With Handle – Age Character Art & Craft Besides requiring a good polishingA beautiful black enamel thermos pot or billy can consisting of the flask and cup, the cup with handle, and also a wire carry handle. The billy is an Australian term for a metal container used for boiling water, making tea or cooking over a fire. By the end of the 19th century the billy had become as natural, widespread and symbolic of bush life as the gum tree, the kangaroo and the wattle. The item is not marked or stamped. The billy can and cup has