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Tea canister
Tea caddy or cannister, cover missing, pale blue grey oriental hard-paste porcelain, creamy translucency, flat pale buff base wiped clean of glaze, flattened flask shape, rectangular with arched top and short circular neck, painted back and front with the coat of arms, argent three cocks gules crowned or (Einon Sais, also Williams) impaling sable, on a chevron between six crosses pattée or, three fleur de lys azure, (Smith), and with the crest a bull's head erased argent, horned or, on a wreath argent and gules, red and gold mantling behind, with spray of pink flowers and green foliage on each side and on the top.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30352
Creation/Production
Jingdezhen
Date: 1770 ca –
Acquisition
Purchase, 22/10/1991
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.8
Length
(cm): 7.4
Width
(cm): 4.8
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 2
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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