1790-1810
GUSN-3481
TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. TEA CADDY: Rectangular with sloping shoulders; blue and star border on shoulders and on cover; secondary border around base; gold berry finial.
tea caddies (containers)
enameling
gilding
painting (coating)
porcelain
Chinese export
Porcelain
Enameled
Painted
Gilded
Chinese Export
CADDY
Cipher in oval: ""CF"" [for Clarissa Fowler of Danvers].
Used At Samuel Fowler House,
1934.2978.2A,B
Unknown
China
5.75 (H) (inches)
1934.2978.2AB
Co-publisher: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
Massachusetts (United States)
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