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Tea Caddy

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1810

GUSN

GUSN-10734

Description

Pearlware tea caddy of rectangular form with handled arched lid, four raised feet, two compartments, painted on blue, brown, green enamel basket; floral decoration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea caddies (containers)
overglazing
pearlware
underglazing
Neoclassical
Pearlware
Underglazed
Overglazed
Neoclassical
CADDY

Inscription

Fabric label inside box and lid: Little 21

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

5.5 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.591

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