Retired 1980s American Girl / Pleasant Company Samantha's Tea Tin Lunchbox

Very Rare Early VersionAuthentic American Girl / Pleasant Company Samantha's Tea Tin Lunchbox was introduced to Samantha's Collection in 1986 as part of her School Collection and is associated with the book, Samantha Learns A Lesson. It was modified in 2007 and eventually retired in 2008 with Samantha's archival. This set is a very early version from the 1980's. Tea Tin Lunchbox: Brass oval lunch pail with brass handle and lid. You'll notice that this set has the flat handle (not raised) only found on some of the early tins.  Napkin: White cloth napkin with scalloped edges. Embroidered floral design in corner.  Sandwich: White watercress sandwich. Only half of a sandwich was included in the original version. This was later changed to a full sandwich in 2007. This sandwich has the longer leaves sticking out, only found on earliest sets. Peach: Whole peach. This was split in half in later versions. Cookie: Gingerbread cookie. White icing for eyes, mouth and buttons. deviled egg: half cut