fbpx

Tea Caddy

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-10859

Description

Earthenware tea caddy, marblized overall in brown/yellow/tan (missing lid or cork), of upright, bottle-like form.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea caddies (containers)
cookware
earthenware
molding (forming)
Earthenware
Molded
CADDY, TEA

Inscription

Torn paper label located at bottom underside, partially illegible (torn off) ""ORME Collection"".

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.25 x 3.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.609

Places

Possibly Vermont (United States)
possibly

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].