Tea Caddy and Cover
ca. 1730 (made)
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Tea caddy and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular, with flat circular cover. Painted on the large sides with harbour scenes in purple and framed by gilt scrolls enclosing panels of lustre and yellow-green, and iron-red feathery foliage. The smaller side filled with rocky landscapes in purple. On the shoulder scroll and lattice cartouches with chinoiserie figures in purple. Gilt edges.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Tea caddy and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730 |
| Physical description | Tea caddy and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular, with flat circular cover. Painted on the large sides with harbour scenes in purple and framed by gilt scrolls enclosing panels of lustre and yellow-green, and iron-red feathery foliage. The smaller side filled with rocky landscapes in purple. On the shoulder scroll and lattice cartouches with chinoiserie figures in purple. Gilt edges. |
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| Credit line | Alfred Williams Hearn Bequest |
| Object history | Part of a tea service (C.98 to 105-1931). |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.100&A-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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