Tea Canister
ca. 1765 (made)
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Tea canister of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical body, rounded at the top, and surmounted by a short neck. The neck has gilt diapering and below it is a narrow band with gilt scrollwork followed by pairs of moulded vertical lines on a yellow ground. Suspended below this are four large panels outlined in rococo gilt scrollwork and each contain a bouquet of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and moulded |
| Brief description | Tea canister of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin, Berlin, ca. 1765 |
| Physical description | Tea canister of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical body, rounded at the top, and surmounted by a short neck. The neck has gilt diapering and below it is a narrow band with gilt scrollwork followed by pairs of moulded vertical lines on a yellow ground. Suspended below this are four large panels outlined in rococo gilt scrollwork and each contain a bouquet of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support |
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| Accession number | C.78-1916 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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