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