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Tea-caddy and cover
Tea-caddy, cream-coloured earthenware, inset base within a flattened-off foot-rim, cylindrical sides sloping inwards at the shoulder, short cylindrical neck, high domed cover with a beaded band around the top, to the very top of the cover a flower head finial with a moulded stem and leaves; the exterior body of the tea-caddy painted with scattered sprigs and sprays of flowers in reddish-brown, green and black, a reddish-brown band around the shoulder, the cover painted with scattered sprigs of leaves in reddish-brown, the flower head finial picked out in reddish-brown and green. The lip-rim chipped.