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Tea-caddy and cover
Tea-caddy, hard-paste porcelain, inset base, cylindrical sides, rounded shoulder, short cylindrical neck, round cover with cylindrical sides and flat top, a square handle to the top of the cover; richly decorated in gilt with to the front of the exterior body of the tea-caddy the monogram 'R' enclosed within an oval border with ribbon-tied floral sprays to the top, a border of a gilt line with a gilt dotted looping line around the shoulder of the tea-caddy and the top of the cover, a gilt edge to the rim of the cover, a gilt stripe to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35601
Creation/Production
Volkstedt-Rudolstadt Porcelain Factory
Date: 1800-1810
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12.5
diam
(cm): 6.3
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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