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Tea-caddy and cover
Tea-caddy, pale cream-coloured earthenware with a soft grey-green tinge to the glaze, round-ended rectangular shape with flat base, straight sides, arched shoulder and cylindrical neck, round domed cover, the finial to the centre of the cover broken off and missing; bat-printed in black with to one side of the exterior body of the tea-caddy a garden scene with a female figure and two children, to the other side a landscape with three perching birds, the top of the cover painted in black enamel with two foliate sprays. Some chipping to the shoulder and neck of the tea-caddy.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35757
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 11.8
Length
(cm): 7.8
Width
(cm): 4.9
Height
(in): 4
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
creamware
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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