Tea Caddy

Dateca. 1765

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 4 5/8" (to top of domed lid), 4 1/4" (to rim) OW: 3"

Credit LineGift of Murray F. Nimmo

Object number2013-123,A&B

DescriptionChinese export porcelain ovoid tea caddy. Body is decorated in opaque enamel European floral bouquet and three sprays. The waisted foot is encircled by an applied scroll.Later, neck was mounted with a silver collar engraved with a floral vine and silver domed cover similarly engraved with a blossom encircled by a foliate vine.

Gilding to scroll on foot worn away. Lid replaced in silver.

ProvenanceMurray F. Nimmo
Peter Crabbe, Cambridge, England, October 26, 1995