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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tea Caddy

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea caddy of hard-paste porcelain. Of square cannister shape. The raised lip is circular. Decorated with chinoiserie scenes on two sides and with a gilt border along the top of a repeated pattern of strapwork, stars and radiating lines. A small raised circle below the lip is also gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Tea caddy, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Volkstedt porcelain factory, Thuringia, Germany, ca. 1790
Physical description
Tea caddy of hard-paste porcelain. Of square cannister shape. The raised lip is circular. Decorated with chinoiserie scenes on two sides and with a gilt border along the top of a repeated pattern of strapwork, stars and radiating lines. A small raised circle below the lip is also gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.0cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'*' (In puce enamel)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss D. B. Simpson
Collection
Accession number
C.100-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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