tea caddy
Worcester Porcelain Factory 1751
Summary
Public: Ovoid tea caddy, soft paste porcelain, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, iron red, green, blue and turquoise enamels and gilt in imitation Japanese 'Imari' pattern. Public: Ovoid egg shaped tea caddy with moulded fluted body, narrow straight neck and splayed foot. Main body divided into four wide vertical panels by four narrow underglaze blue panels with gilt foliage. Circular reserve on each panel just beneath shoulder, filled with iron red enamel and gilt, giving white petalled daisy motif against red ground. White panels filled alternately with chrysanthemum stems in red, green, blue, turquoise and gilt; and prunus sprays in blue, red, green and gilt. Horizontal band of flowers reserved on heavily smudged underglaze blue ground with thin red border lines round bottom of body. Circular dark brown wooden lid (not original).
Object Name
tea caddy
Creators Name
Date Created
c 1765=1780
Dimensions
object: 12.2cm
accession number
1917.464/2
Collection Group
Place of creation
Worcester
Medium
Credit
Leicester Collier Bequest
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