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Tea canister and cover
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Tea canister and cover
- Place of origin:
Lane End, England (made)
- Date:
1798 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Turner & Co. (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Black basalt, glazed and moulded
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
4024&A-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 12, shelf 4
Physical description
Tea canister and cover of black basalt ware, interior glazed, and moulded in relief.
[Tea caddy] Tea-canister of square section with convex sides. On each side is an oval medallion with two Chinese figures in a landscape, repeated.
Place of Origin
Lane End, England (made)
Date
1798 (made)
Artist/maker
Turner & Co. (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Black basalt, glazed and moulded
Dimensions
Height: 13.9 cm, Width: 8.9 cm
Descriptive line
Tea canister and cover of black basalt ware, glazed and moulded in relief, made at the factory of John Turner or William & John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, 1798.
Labels and date
Tea caddy
made at the factory of John Turner or William and John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, home 1798
Black Basalt, glazed interior
4024&a-1901 Jermyn Street Collection [23/05/2008]
Materials
Black basalt
Techniques
Glazed; Moulded
Subjects depicted
Figures; Landscape; Medallions
Categories
Ceramics
Collection code
CER
