Tea Caddy
ca. 1790 (made)
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Tea caddy of hard-paste porcelain. Of square cannister shape. The raised lip is circular. Decorated with chinoiserie scenes on two sides and with a gilt border along the top of a repeated pattern of strapwork, stars and radiating lines. A small raised circle below the lip is also gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Tea caddy, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Volkstedt porcelain factory, Thuringia, Germany, ca. 1790 |
| Physical description | Tea caddy of hard-paste porcelain. Of square cannister shape. The raised lip is circular. Decorated with chinoiserie scenes on two sides and with a gilt border along the top of a repeated pattern of strapwork, stars and radiating lines. A small raised circle below the lip is also gilt. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '*' (In puce enamel) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss D. B. Simpson |
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| Accession number | C.100-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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