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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tea Caddy

ca. 1730-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea caddy with lid, porcelain painted en grisaille and gilt with a European fishing scene. Ovoid in shape with short, tapering neck and a high spreading foot encircled by scrollwork in applied relief; the inside of the foot glazed. With domed, spreading lid having a simple knob finial. Painted round the sides is a scene with a European woman seated under a tree holding a fishing line and a man with a net holding a fish. Below the neck is a border with floral designs alternating with cell diaper-work, partly in gilt. Round the lid is a landscape with Chinese figures.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Caddy
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Tea caddy with lid, porcelain painted en grisaille and gilt with a European fishing scene; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, ca. 1730-50
Physical description
Tea caddy with lid, porcelain painted en grisaille and gilt with a European fishing scene. Ovoid in shape with short, tapering neck and a high spreading foot encircled by scrollwork in applied relief; the inside of the foot glazed. With domed, spreading lid having a simple knob finial. Painted round the sides is a scene with a European woman seated under a tree holding a fishing line and a man with a net holding a fish. Below the neck is a border with floral designs alternating with cell diaper-work, partly in gilt. Round the lid is a landscape with Chinese figures.
Dimensions
  • With lid height: 14.5cm
  • At widest width: 7.5cm (Note: Foot base is 5cm )
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs B. Nichols
Production
Label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
FE.26&A-1972

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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