Tea Caddy
1820-30 (made)
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Tea caddy, wood with brass mounts in the form of a sarcophagus. The four sides and the lid are decorated with pen and ink drawings in the "Chinese" taste and a black stained ground imitating ebony inlaid with ivory; the inside of the lid and the covers of the two compartments into which the interior is divided are simply ornamented. The cavetto moulding round the lid is filled with a pattern of interlaced rings. Brass handles in the form of lion-masks with rings and brass paw feet.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood; brass; pen and ink drawing; black stained ground; ivory inlay |
| Brief description | Tea caddy, English, 1820-1830 |
| Physical description | Tea caddy, wood with brass mounts in the form of a sarcophagus. The four sides and the lid are decorated with pen and ink drawings in the "Chinese" taste and a black stained ground imitating ebony inlaid with ivory; the inside of the lid and the covers of the two compartments into which the interior is divided are simply ornamented. The cavetto moulding round the lid is filled with a pattern of interlaced rings. Brass handles in the form of lion-masks with rings and brass paw feet. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by the Rev'd. Graham Dilley |
| Object history | Bequeathed to the V&A in 1949 by the Rev'd. Graham Dilley [R.P. 49/1137]. |
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| Accession number | W.32-1949 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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