Canister, FTD, Floral, Taiwan, Vintage

• Pattern:  FTDA Porcelain Canister, Oriental Flowers, Tight Seal
• Made in Taiwan
• Vintage: 1988
• Details - This is a beautiful floral porcelain canister/cylinder container in a high shine glaze.  It features a sprig of flowers in pink, yellow and purple, they look like Oriental style flowers to us.  The design is on both sides, the back side has a smaller sprig of flowers, and more on the lid.  It has a handy loop to place a wooden spoon or other type utensil for serving the contents, however, the original ceramic spoon is missing on this one.  The bottom is marked: F.T.D.A., Made in Taiwan, (FTDA stands for 'Florists Telegraph Delivery Association).   Holds approx. 16 ounces and has a rubber gasket for a nice tight seal to keep contents fresh.  This is a great addition to your kitchen or pantry, or in the bath for bath salts.  Great little vessel to store your tea, sugar or other pantry goods.
• Material:  Porcelain
• Dimensions:  5.75 inches Tall and 3.5 inches in Diameter.  Holds 16 oz.
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Good Condition.  There is a small chip on the rim, photographed for you.  Otherwise, there are no cracks, scratches.  The spoon is missing. Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are ANTIQUE and VINTAGE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show scratches, wear and tear and imperfections.  

FTDA, known as 'Florists Telegraph Delivery Association' (FTDA aka FTD) was founded in 1910 when a group of 13 American retail florists agreed to exchange orders for out-of-town deliveries. They began telegraphing orders to each other from different states because flowers didn't always last the long train trips required for delivery in far away places. The gold Mercury Man logo was first used by FTD in 1914, he is known as the god “Hermes” , messenger to Zeus.  He is also referred to as the Roman god, “Mercury” who traveled extensively, delivering important mail from one sender to another.  In 1923 a British unit of FTD was formed in response to the success of the network in America.  In 1946 International Telegraph Florists was established between FTD, the FTD British Unit and Europe's floral clearinghouse Fleurop, they became "Interflora".  By 1965, they expanded to include international transactions, and the company was renamed “Florists’ Transworld Delivery”, to reflect its growing worldwide presence and its partnership with Interflora.   Today they have grown to be the largest flower delivery network, associated with over 58,000 affiliated flower shops in over 140 countries.   Interflora is now a subsidiary of FTD Companies, acquired in 2006.