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Tea-caddy and cover
Tea-caddy, hard-paste porcelain, rectangular form with flat base, straight sides, arched shoulder and raised cylindrical neck, round domed cover with cylindrical rim, to the top of the cover a finial modelled in the form of a rose; the sides of the tea-caddy and the top of the cover decorated with sprays and sprigs of finely painted naturalistic flowers in iron-red, puce, yellow and green enamels, the rose finial painted in yellow and green. The cover broken and repaired.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35382
Creation/Production
Vienna state factory
Date: 1755-1780
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 16.1
Length
(cm): 9.2
Width
(cm): 5.2
Height
(in): 6
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 2
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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