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Tea Canister

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

Tea canister of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with enamels and gilded. Egg-shaped body, fluted, with a spreading foot and narrow neck. Painted with a chrysanthemum reserved on a gilt-diapered dark blue ground alternating with growing plants and wheat sheaves.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea canister of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Tea canister of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with enamels and gilded. Egg-shaped body, fluted, with a spreading foot and narrow neck. Painted with a chrysanthemum reserved on a gilt-diapered dark blue ground alternating with growing plants and wheat sheaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Fretted square (In underglaze blue)
  • A crescent (In red)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.633-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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