TEA CADDY
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background is white with raised white dots. On each of the four sides and on the cover is a rectangular panel with a raised gilt rococo frame painted with a landscape in colors. These are as follows: a boy and girl with cow and sheep and a church with a round tower, a boy and cow and a church with a spire, a man with a dog, a donkey with pannier and two sheep, a round tower and a pyramid, a cow and two sheep beside a river, on the cover, a boy with cow under a tree beside a river.
- Object name:
- TEA CADDY
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1775
- Size:
- 8.9 × 6 × 8.9 cm (3 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.176
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- LABEL At the bottom a paper sticker with a zig-zag border and the number "7" in the center
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973