tea caddy



tea caddy

Summary

Tall rectangular tea caddy with narrow cylindrical neck rising from flat shoulder. Cream coloured body moulded in relief with star-shaped pineapple segments around shoulder and upper body, with sixteen alternating long and short spiky leaves around lower body. Lead glaze coloured yellow on upper body across pineapple segments, green on leaves around base. Silver collar to neck, cylindrical silver cover with bulging rim at the top and beaded border at base.


Object Name

tea caddy

Date Created

1760=1770 (circa)

Dimensions

without cover: 11.1cm
: 13.2cm x 8.9cm

accession number

1923.670

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

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