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Tea canister and cover
Tea-caddy, pale cream-coloured earthenware with a greenish tinge to the glaze, round-ended rectangular shape with flat base, straight sides, arched shoulder and cylindrical neck, round domed cover with flat collar-like rim and to the top a ball finial; bat-printed in black with to one side of the exterior body of the tea-caddy a rustic landscape with two figures, cattle and a dog under a tree, to the other side a rustic landscape with a figure driving cattle across a stream towards a cottage, a border of scrolling foliage around the top of the cover. Chipping to the foot-rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35759
Creation/Production
Wedgwood
Sadler & Green
Date: 1775 ca. –
Acquisition
Purchase, 14/11/1914
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.3
Length
(cm): 7.6
Width
(cm): 5.1
Height
(in): 5
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
creamware
glaze
Location
Gallery 07A North
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