(I also included a Columbia lid I have never seen until now. Anyone know what it came from? Thanks again!)






Hellyer & Co. of Kobe, Japan with headquarters in Chicago was specialised in the export of tea. Your tea containers date pre 1912 when the Japanese office moved to another city.SonnyPhono wrote:I found some cylinder sleeves today at a local antique shop and wasn't going to buy them until one caught my eye. It is metal of some sort and has a label in poor condition so I can't tell who made it. I think the bird may be from the "Bluebird" labels that I have seen? Anyway, when digging deeper I found there were three of them. The label may say "Standard No. 4" I believe as seen in the pics. The bottom says, "Hellyer & Co., Kope" and there is some Chinese/Japanese writing along the bottom. I haven't seen any like this since I have collected phonographs and related items and was wondering if anyone has any information on them. Thanks again for the help!
This is an extremely nice lid. The Columbia Phonograph Company General, the foreign branch of the Columbia Phonograph Co., opened its European headquarters in Paris in the summer of 1897 (sorry for correction WDCSonnyPhono wrote:
(I also included a Columbia lid I have never seen until now. Anyone know what it came from? Thanks again!)