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Tea-caddy
Tea-caddy, thick tin-plate, oblong octagonal form with hinged lid and lock, to the centre of the lid a flower head finial supported by two discs of cork, the interior divided into two compartments; the exterior covered all over with a dark red japan which has now mostly worn off.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50037
Creation/Production
Usk
Date: 19th century (early) –
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 18.5
Length
(cm): 17.8
Width
(cm): 12.5
Height
(in): 7
Length
(in): 7
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
cut
decoration
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
japanned
decoration
Applied Art
silvered
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-plate
Location
In store
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