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
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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