The tin, which has been gathering dust in an attic since the 1960s, was found to bear the incised six-character marks of Xuande - the fifth Emperor of the Chinese Ming Dynasty - and could be worth tens of thousands.
With a passion for the past and a desire to make history more accessible to everyone - Kristina Kapitza has joined the team at The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon.
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