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TEA CANISTER

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway


About this object

The box is in white enamel with metal mounts at the top and bottom. Along the four sides edges is a narrow gilt ribbed band. On each of the four sides is a pastoral scene with ruins, cattle, sheep and shepherds, all in gilt rococo frames. The rest of the background is decorated with raised white dots.

Object name:
TEA CANISTER
Made from:
Enamel -- gilt copper
Made in:
ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
Date made:
ca. 1770
Size:
8.9 × 5.9 × 8.9 cm (3 1/2 × 2 5/16 × 3 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
15.141
Class:
ENAMEL
Signature marks:
LABEL At the bottom a paper sticker with a zig-zag border and number "19" in the center
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973