A Lipton's souvenir brass tea caddy from the British Empire Exhibition of 1924. It was opened by King George V on St George's Day, 23 April. Its official aim was "to stimulate trade, strengthen bonds that bind mother Country to her Sister States and Daughters, to bring into closer contact the one with each other, to enable all who owe allegiance to the British flag to meet on common ground and learn to know each other". The Exhibition was also the first occasion for which the British Post Office issued commemorative postage stamps. Property of Robert Pool
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