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

Tea Canister

ca. 1778 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea canister of porcelain painted with enamels. Barrel-shaped and painted with a bouquet and sprays of flowers. On the shoulder is a ring of cresting in red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Tea canister of porcelain painted with enamels, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, ca. 1778
Physical description
Tea canister of porcelain painted with enamels. Barrel-shaped and painted with a bouquet and sprays of flowers. On the shoulder is a ring of cresting in red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Caughley in Colour: Exhibition Catalogue 2005. Coalbrookdale : Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, 2005.
Collection
Accession number
C.550-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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