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

Tea Canister and Cover

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea canister and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with irregular scrolled panels of different sizes, reserved on a dark scale-blue ground and outlined in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapoy
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea canister and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770
Physical description
Tea canister and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with irregular scrolled panels of different sizes, reserved on a dark scale-blue ground and outlined in gold.
Dimensions
  • With cover height: 13.9cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Conversion from the Register
Marks and inscriptions
A fretted square (In blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.381&A-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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